terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint
than; from; out of; except; but; more
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
accurate; correct; precise; exact
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
in that way; thus; so; so?
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
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
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
motorcycle; motorbike; bicycle
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion