indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow (i.e. bending of the body); bowing; reward
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
edict; ordinance; proclamation
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
demon; devil; -crazed person; -obsessed person; dreaded; terrible
creation; generation; formation; derivation
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
it is I who should say so
thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
to enter; to go into; to meddle (in); to interfere (in); to go deeply (into an issue); to delve deeper (into)
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
inner part; interior; living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room; recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart)
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to