guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to set (sun); to become dark
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
period of time; time slot; time zone
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
door; gate; opening; title page
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
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.
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
how many people; a number of people
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
stature; height; size; physique
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
immediately; right away; at once; instantly