to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
how; in what way; how about
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
number of times; frequency; count
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
consequence; outcome; result; blame
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
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to repeat; to do something over again
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
Christmas Eve; holy night
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
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.)
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects