indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
glasses; eyeglasses; judgment; judgement; four-eyes
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
regular; standard; regular player (on a team); regular guest (on a TV show); regular (gasoline)
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
how much; how many; to what extent; oh my god; how; what the
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as ...; expresses a command
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
truth; reality; seriousness; truth; printed style writing; star performer
suffix for familiar person
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
called; known as; that; to say
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
human affairs; mundane matters; personnel affairs; human resources; human power; human effort
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
something; something or other; something something
only; merely; nothing but; no more than