busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
characteristic; like oneself; worthy of oneself
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
skating (esp. ice); skate; skates
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
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
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
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
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
(swimming) pool; pool (billiards); pool (together)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine