society; the world; the times
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
story; tale; talk; discussion
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.)
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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
family; members of a family
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
company; corporation; workplace
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
regular employee; permanent employee; full-time employee
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
study; diligence; discount; reduction
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 teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly