weather; climatic conditions; fine weather; clear day; situation; state of affairs
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
junior high school student; middle school pupil
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
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
not worth mentioning (with neg. verb); nothing special
to be conspicuous; to stand out
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
sunlight; rays of the Sun
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.)
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
name; given name; first name
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
opposite; reverse; contrary
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
in the background; not standing out
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
meaning; significance; sense
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
no, not like that (but like this)