new book; new publication
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
name; given name; first name
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
everything; anything; nothing
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
now; the present time; just now; another; more
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
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.
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
to be plump; to be chubby
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; means of transportation
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)