immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
suffix for familiar person
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
opening and shutting; opening and closing
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
at the same time; at once; just as ...; the moment ...; (but) at the same time; as well as