right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
article; news story; report; account
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
surely; certainly; without doubt
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman