hello; good day; good afternoon
it's been a long time; long time no see
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
author; writer; novelist; artist
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
why; how; for what reason
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
exposed skin between top of knee-high socks and hemline of skirt
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
in truth; in actuality; at heart; the truth; the real story
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.
story; tale; talk; discussion
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
I see; that's right; indeed
interest; appeal; attraction; fun
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
seeing the light; being awakened to the truth; having the scales fall from one's eyes
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
poor work; humble reference to one's own work
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around