teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
older sister; lass; young lady
loveable; very likeable; like very much
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
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
election; selection; choice
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
dissenting opinion; opposite viewpoint; contraview
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
don't you think?; indicates question
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
trust; confidence; credence
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
deputy director; assistant director; vice director; deputy general manager; assistant general manager; vice (general) manager
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)