pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
New Year's Day; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
morning glow; sunrise colors; sunrise colours
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
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
omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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 see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
family; relatives; dependents; household
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
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
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
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.)
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable