person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
in that way; thus; so; so?
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
soil; breeding ground; fertile ground (for); foundation (for the development of ...)
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
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
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
discovery; detection; finding
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
adds force or indicates command
hey there; I say; see here
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
cooperation; collaboration
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
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.)
white (bleached) bone; skeleton