understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
in that way; thus; so; so?
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
final; eventual; ultimate
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
such; like that; that sort of; very
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
to draw the line (between two situations); to make a clear distinction; to make it clear where one stands; to take clear responsibility for (mistakes, etc.)
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
such ... as; or some such
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
to accept; to receive; to agree
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
go that far; to that extent
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point