yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
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
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
romance; love story; love affair; romantic relationship; romance
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
society; public; community; social studies
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
common saying; everyday talk; common parlance
book; volume; this; present; main; head
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.)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
antiquity; the previous era
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
totally (immersed in something, e.g. liquid, work); addicted
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly