pleasant smell; aroma; fragrance; pleasant-smelling vegetation
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
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
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
in that way; thus; so; so?
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
such; like that; that sort of; very
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo
subsection head; assistant manager; chief clerk
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then