first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
honorific/polite/humble prefix
due form; official; formality
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
third day of the month; three days
customer traffic; customers; custom
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
favourable; favorable; promising; satisfactory; in good shape
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
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.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
pleasant feeling; good vibes
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
by means of; due to; because of; according to
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
originally; by nature; from the start
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
composition; synthesis; composite photo; (function) composition
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
item; something that one "just has to have"
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
very; extremely; excessively
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
extreme modification (esp. of cars or toy figurines)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
taking no notice; ignoring; not even looking at
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
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.