indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
name; given name; first name
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
registration; accession; register; entry; record
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
superior; special class; higher than A class; extraordinary
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
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.)
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
hokora; small wayside shrine
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement