individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to be needed; to be wanted
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
to pick up; to find; to gather
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...