recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to be worried; to be troubled
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
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
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
that day; the very same day
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
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 glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
only recently; just of late
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
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.)
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)