indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
principal of a private school
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to listen again; to ask again
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
bungler; greenhorn; clumsy; poor hand
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
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
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
forcibly; against one's will
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!