name; given name; first name
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
such; this sort of; like this
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
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.)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet; to post on Twitter
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
10,000,000,000; ten billion
yen (currency of Japan); circle
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
URL; uniform resource locator
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
large amount of money; great cost
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
woman; female; feminine gender
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement