childhood friend;  friend from infancy;  old playmate
 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
 indicates sentence topic;  indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated);  adds emphasis
 extreme sadist;  very sadistic
 senior (at work or school);  superior;  elder;  older graduate;  progenitor;  old-timer
 truth;  reality;  proper;  right;  genuine;  authentic
 at (place, time);  in;  to (direction, state);  toward;  for (purpose);  because of (reason);  for
 (not) anything;  (nothing) at all;  (not) any
 to be able (in a position) to do;  to be up to the task;  to be ready;  to be completed;  to be made;  to be built;  to be good at
 waste;  scrap;  garbage;  scum;  piece of trash;  loser
 human being;  human;  person;  character (of a person)
 right?;  isn't it?;  hey;  say;  you know;  you see;  will you?
 such;  that sort of;  that kind of;  no way!;  never!
 the expectation is that ...;  the reason is that ...;  the fact is that ...;  the explanation is that ...;  it is that ...
 from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity);  since;  from (originator);  by;  because;  since;  out of (constituent, part)
 too;  also;  both A and B;  A as well as B;  even;  as much as
 hey;  you;  hey;  hey;  hold on;  yo
 this sort of;  this kind of;  like this;  such
 feeling;  sense;  impression
 abusive language;  violent language;  wild words
 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.
 almost every day;  almost daily
 to vomit;  to throw up;  to emit;  to send forth;  to give (an opinion);  to make (a comment)
 one;  for one thing;  only;  (not) even;  just (e.g. "just try it");  some kind of;  one type of
 below;  down;  bottom;  beneath;  underneath;  just after;  right after
 junior (at work, school, etc.);  younger people;  younger student
 senior high school;  high school
 entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
 at last;  finally;  barely;  narrowly;  just
 he;  she;  this;  this one;  Hey, you!;  You bastard!
 if;  when;  and;  with;  used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.);  promoted pawn;  indicates a question
 be;  is;  did;  (have) done;  please;  do
 to think;  to consider;  to think (of doing);  to plan (to do);  to judge;  to assess;  to imagine
 same;  identical;  equal;  anyway;  anyhow;  in either case
 to enter;  to go into;  to break into;  to join;  to enroll;  to contain;  to hold
 to come (spatially or temporally);  to approach;  to come back;  to do ... and come back;  to come to be;  to become
 blockhead;  dunce;  dimwit;  dolt;  slowcoach;  slowpoke
 at;  in;  at;  when;  by;  with;  and then
 to make;  to produce;  to prepare (food);  to brew (alcohol);  to raise;  to grow;  to till
 it seems;  I think;  I guess;  right?;  don't you agree?
 indicates sentence subject (occasionally object);  indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions);  but;  however;  regardless of;  whether (or not)