great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to have a smattering knowledge of
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
general; popular; common; typical
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
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
logical paragraph (as opposed to a formal paragraph); segment of text expressing a single meaning
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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.
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
in that way; thus; so; so?
without; but if; otherwise; or else
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
writing; composition; essay; sentence
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
opinion; point of view; visual point
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
mark; symbol; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to; focusing on
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
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.)
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
narrator; storyteller; reciter
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character