recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
ten-day period (in a month); ten-year period (in one's age); decade
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
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to be born; to come into the world
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
homo; homosexual (esp. a male); homozygote; homogenization; Homo (genus of primates incl. modern humans)
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
newly born imperial prince; newly constructed (branch) shrine
email; mail (usu. in compound words); post; message (sent over a chat application); instant message; male
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr