you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
chairperson (of a committee); chair; chairman; chairwoman; president
male instincts; male frivolity
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(not) at all; completely; utterly; very; extremely
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
the front; honest; upright; decent
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that)
older sister; elder sister
to fit (e.g. a pane into a frame); to insert (e.g. a cork); to put on (something that envelops; e.g. a ring, gloves); to place (a hoop) around; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to force (into a mold); to entrap
lodging together; training camp; boarding house
school inter-class ball-game competition
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
representation; representative; exemplification; typification; leader; switchboard number
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works
special training; intensive training; crash course
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
in any case; regardless; either way; since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless