senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
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
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
suffix for familiar person
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
at first; in the beginning; originally
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
senior high school; high school
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
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 feel; to sense; to experience
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then