terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
sound of operation; operation noise; running noise
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
in that way; thus; so; so?
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
business discussion; negotiation
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to greedily try to win big (e.g. in mahjong); to swipe; to nick; to pilfer
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
long ago; already; a long time ago