mum; mom; mummy; wifey; dear; missus
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
full of energy; full of liveliness; full of pep
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; good night
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
weekend; Saturday and Sunday
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
all varieties of flowers; many flowers
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
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 do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
honorific/polite/humble prefix
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
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.)
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
of course; certainly; naturally
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach