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.)
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
style; way; shape; dress; attire; clothing
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
lady attendant; female servant; lady's maid; waiting maid
proper use; using (different things) for different purposes
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 do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)