-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
what kind of; what sort of; what
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
soft; tender; gentle; mild; light (topic, book, etc.); informal
with a clap-clap (e.g. of wooden clappers); (touching) lightly and repeatedly; (something small hopping) repeatedly; punctuation marks such as the dakuten
clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
name; given name; first name
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
good(-tasting); nice; delicious; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
honorific/polite/humble prefix
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm