alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
fixed time; regular time; scheduled time; fixed period; scheduled period
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
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.)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
phew; whew; huff; whoo; woohoo
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you; you shouldn't have; it's too much
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
please (give me); please (do for me)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
of bad omen; ill augur; boding evil; bad fortune
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse; litter
trash can; garbage can; rubbish bin; dustbin
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily