immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
suffix for familiar person
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
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
opening and shutting; opening and closing
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
coincident with; while; simultaneously