to continue; to keep up; to keep on
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
don't you think?; indicates question
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
older sister; lass; young lady
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
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
two persons; two people; pair; couple
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
adds force or indicates command
(some) more; even more; longer; further
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
all; entire; whole; altogether