enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
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
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
very young; little; childish; immature
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
reality; actuality; hard fact
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.
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
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.)
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to subsist; to keep on living
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
sorry; excuse me; thank you
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking