what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)
switching off (e.g. electricity); turning off (e.g. water); off-season; offset; off-road; off-line; off (the price)
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
so; like this; in this way
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...