thank you (for your hard work); good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
hello; good day; good afternoon
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
time; hour; period; class
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
serial bizarre murder case
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
offender; criminal; culprit
very much; exceedingly; extremely
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
regrettable; unfortunate; disappointing; vexing
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
alone; by oneself; on one's own
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
how; in what way; how about