yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ); to be depressed; to feel down
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; courtesy visit (to offer condolences, say congratulations, pay respect, introduce oneself, etc.)
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
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.)
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
myself; yourself; I; me; you
signed book; autographed book
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
including tax (of a price); pretax (income or profits); before tax
yen (currency of Japan); circle
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
to sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
this and that; various things
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
feeling; sense; impression
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
lowish; somewhat low; on the low side; low (ball)