to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
tip-top; top; top-drawer; best; foremost; elite
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to compete ruthlessly; (lit.) to sharpen swords
center; centre; metropolis
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
people; men and women; each person; everybody
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
line; queue; procession; matrix
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to become animated; to liven up; to become active
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
(positive) economic effect