today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
adds force or indicates command
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
scale; bathroom scale; weighing machine
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
considerably; greatly; a lot
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
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.
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.)
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
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
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless