eyeball; special feature; centerpiece; special program; loss leader; sunny-side up fried egg
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
several weeks; a few weeks
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
time; season; period; phase; stage
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to face; to go towards; to head towards
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
although I say; although one might say; although called
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
cloudy sky; overcast sky; cloudy weather
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
if it is the case that ...