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indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

77

living by oneself; living alone

1

fine food; high-quality food; gourmet; epicure; gastronome

2

don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...

24

fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she

2

foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; mine; colliery; owner of a mountain; operator of a mine

4

understood; I see; OK; present; here

3

How do you do?; I am glad to meet you

1

be; is

26

child

17

kindergarten

4

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

127

spring water; clear (pure) water

2

star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)

1

class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate

1

today; this day

1

honorific/polite/humble prefix

6

to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for

1

to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)

7

thank you; thanks

4

adds force or indicates command

31

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.

29

mother

2

from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best

2

be; is

1

indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very

36

this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me

3

dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish

1

thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality

3

but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

6

roughly

1

polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful

1

at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for

49

thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow

2

but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...

10

I; me

4

Mr (junior); master; boy

11

mother; mom; mum; wife

1

is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

5

hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo

30

ah; oh; hey!

4

to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become

10

fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet

3

inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during

1

to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include

1

yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof

10

at; in; at; when; by; with; and then

28

hindrance; intrusion

1

to do

1

what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest

7