reporter; speaker; informer; presenter; rapporteur
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
outline; summary; overview; synopsis; abstract; abridgment
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
settlement; solution; resolution
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
summer vacation; summer holiday
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
duty; obligation; responsibility
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
observance (of laws, rules, etc.); adherence; obeying; following; abiding by; compliance
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 want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
jinx; omen (can be a good omen)
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to concern; to be related