teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
ping-pong; table tennis; exactly!; surely!; ding dong (sound of door bell, chime, etc.)
single word; a few words; brief comment
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
feeling; sense; impression
time; hour; period; class
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
one's wife; wife (of somebody below the speaker in rank)
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
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
please (give me); please (do for me)
two times; twice; two degrees
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
winning a prize or place (in a contest)
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
serialization; serialisation; serial story
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.
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise