fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
leadoff batter; first batter; first person appearing (witness, performer, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
light music; popular music
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
closing party; closing event of a school, etc. festival
to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to look forward to
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
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?
next; next person; (arch.) room adjoining a noble's parlor
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
notice; attention; observation
drama club (e.g. at school); dramatic society
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
first-year student; first-year pupil; beginner; novice; annual; annual plant
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
just one person; only one
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
educational institution; school; academy; campus
(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively