above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
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 hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
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.)
heeding; paying attention; bearing in mind
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
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
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
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
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow