right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
letter; missive; note; mail
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
letter of challenge (to a duel, etc.)
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
suffix for familiar person; indicates emphasis; (arch.) prostitute
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
life; living; I; me; student
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
sic; sic erat scriptum; the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend