thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
hello; good day; good afternoon
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
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
time; hour; period; class
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
continuation; succession; series
bizarre murder; grotesque murder
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to be surprised; to be astonished
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
offender; criminal; culprit
very much; exceedingly; extremely
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
alone; by oneself; on one's own
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate