hello; good day; good afternoon
nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
slight; minor; trifling; considerable; proper; decent
matter causing distress; something causing worry
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
lack of physical exercise; insufficient exercise; inactivity
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
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 undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
weakening; emaciation; decline
self-awareness; awareness (of one's position, abilities, duty, etc.); perceiving (something); taking in (a sensation); self-consciousness
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
remarkable; striking; obvious
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
bridge (road, railway, ship, etc.); (contact) bridge; Seven Bridge (Japanese rummy game); bridge; bridge (of a pair of glasses); bridge (in wrestling); bridge (circuit)
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed