circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
please (give me); please (do for me)
you (plural); all of you; you all
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
something; some kind of; for some reason
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
mark; symbol; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to; focusing on
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
way (of doing); manner; method; means
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
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
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
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 kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...