lateness; tardiness; arriving late
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
summer vacation; summer holiday
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
male diver (who collects shells, seaweed, etc.); fisherman
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
dispensing with the preliminaries ...; omitting the previous part
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
unworthy (of one's father, teacher, etc.); I; me; incompetent; unskilled; (arch.) unfortunate
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
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
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 keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
considerably; fairly; quite
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much