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.)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
please (give me); please (do for me)
proposal; proposition; suggestion
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)
hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)
to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
way (of doing); manner; method; means
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
how; in what way; how about
don't you think?; indicates question
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
but; however; provided that
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to put into words; to refer (to)
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
appearance of written words; impression given by written letters, characters, etc.; literal meaning (of a piece of writing); superficial meaning; face (of a piece of type)
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
side effect; adverse reaction
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
now; the present time; just now; another; more