nice to see you; good morning; good evening; adieu; farewell; bon voyage
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
evolution; evolution; becoming more advanced; progress
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; to appear on the cover of a magazine
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of