be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
exhibition game; friendly match; friendly; interleague game between the Central and Pacific baseball leagues
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
Nippon Ham(Japanese meat packing firm); Nippon Meat Packers Inc.; Nipponham group
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
pitching ability; counter for pitches
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
one army; whole army; first string players; the cool kids; the popular kids
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
due form; official; formality
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
matter for congratulation (wedding, pregnancy, birth, etc.); happy event