indicates sentence topic;  indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated);  adds emphasis
 until now;  so far;  up to the present
 nicely;  properly;  frequently;  often;  I'm glad that you ...;  thank you for ...
 to come along;  to come around;  to turn up;  to arrive at the present;  to get where one is;  to have been doing something (for a period of time)
 to be able (in a position) to do;  to be up to the task;  to be ready;  to be completed;  to be made;  to be built;  to be good at
 fellow;  guy;  thing;  object;  he;  she
 be;  is;  did;  (have) done;  please;  do
 and;  and then;  thus;  and now;  and finally
 today;  this day;  these days;  recently;  nowadays
 too;  also;  both A and B;  A as well as B;  even;  as much as
 from now on;  after this;  in the future;  from here;  from this point
 to break;  to be broken;  to be folded;  to give in;  to back down;  to turn (a corner)
 to be (of animate objects);  to exist;  to stay;  to be ...-ing;  to have been ...-ing
 indicates sentence subject (occasionally object);  indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions);  but;  however;  regardless of;  whether (or not)
 to be disheartened;  to lose heart;  to be sprained;  to be snapped;  to be broken
 thing;  matter;  incident;  occurrence;  circumstances;  situation;  work
 definitely;  absolutely;  absolute;  unconditional;  absoluteness
 at (place, time);  in;  to (direction, state);  toward;  for (purpose);  because of (reason);  for
 nonexistent;  not being (there);  unowned;  not had;  unique;  not;  impossible
 yes;  indeed;  ha!;  what?;  huh?;  sigh
 where;  what place;  how much (long, far);  what extent
 hey;  you;  hey;  hey;  hold on;  yo
 bad feeling;  feeling bad;  disagreeable;  unpleasant;  revolting;  gross
 sound;  noise;  note;  fame;  Chinese-derived character reading
 still;  as yet;  (not) yet;  more;  (more) still;  at least
 to resound;  to be heard far away;  to reverberate;  to shake;  to come (home);  to remain (with someone)
 to come (spatially or temporally);  to approach;  to come back;  to do ... and come back;  to come to be;  to become
 safety;  security;  safely;  without incident;  good health;  inaction
 at;  in;  at;  when;  by;  with;  and then
 Mr.;  Mrs.;  Miss;  politeness marker
 something like ...;  things like ...;  someone like ...;  the likes of ...
 same;  identical;  equal;  anyway;  anyhow;  in either case
 place;  spot;  address;  district;  area;  one's house;  point
 to turn;  to revolve;  to visit several places;  to function well;  to pass a certain time
 as expected;  sure enough;  after all (is said and done);  in the end;  too;  also
 such;  that sort of;  that kind of;  no way!;  never!
 to feel (as if);  to have a feeling (that);  to have a hunch (that);  to feel like doing;  to want to do
 the expectation is that ...;  the reason is that ...;  the fact is that ...;  the explanation is that ...;  it is that ...
 as one would expect;  just as you'd expect (from);  still;  all the same;  even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
 right?;  isn't it?;  hey;  say;  you know;  you see;  will you?
 this way;  this direction;  here;  this (one);  I;  me
 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