indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
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
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
you could say; you might say; verging on the
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
now; the present time; just now; another; more
worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched
senior high school student
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
number one; first; best; most; game; round
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
prize beyond one's reach; unattainable object; woman who is out of one's league; (lit.) flower on a high peak
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn
expression; presentation; representation; notation
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 do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...