indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
practice; exercise; military exercise; manoeuvres; seminar
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
while; even though; despite
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
going on a pleasure jaunt
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
phew; whew; huff; whoo; woohoo
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something; at the same time as speaking; as one speaks
besides; in addition; also; moreover
major; lieutenant commander; wing commander
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
called; known as; that; to say
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if