thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
now; the present time; just now; another; more
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
how; in what way; how about
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
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
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
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.
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
no!; no no!; no, not at all