isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
understood; I see; OK; present; here
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
reservation; putting on hold; deferment
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
meeting; get-together (e.g. among friends)
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
diamond; (railway) schedule; timetable; diagram
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); returning to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
(one's) Sunday best; (one's) best clothes; glad rags
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)