yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
air-raid shelter; bomb shelter
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
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
to graduate from a university
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
general contractor; main contractor; major construction company
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
in one's own way or style
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
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 receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
now; the present time; just now; another; more
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
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
history of; experience of
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
something like ...; something called ...