nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
such; this sort of; like this
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
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
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
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.)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
for example; for instance; e.g.
people; men and women; each person; everybody
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
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.
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects