Formosan sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana)
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
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
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
in that way; thus; so; so?
Paris Fashion Week; major fashion show, held twice yearly in Paris
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
fashionable thing; popular thing; craze
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!