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type	EN	JP	meaning	group	# ex.	checked
GR	-konasu	～こなす	have the knack to deal with something; completely	2	12	0
GR	ageku	挙げ句	in the end, afterall	2	12	-1
GR	amari	余り	not much, , too much	2	7	0
GR	at in on	で・に・前	time and place prepositions	2	14	0
GR	at-the-time-group	そのとき	at the time	2	0	0
GR	bakarika	ばかりか	not just, but also	2	12	0
GR	bakarini	ばかりに	because (of a negative thing)	2	6	0
GR	basis-of-action-group	ように・とおりに・を中心に・に沿って・をもとにして	as, along with, like	2	0	0
GR	ba~hodo	条件形～ほど	the more +V(+A), the more ...	2	22	0
GR	bekarazu	～べからず	must not	2	10	0
GR	bekida	べきだ	V, ought to, must	2	9	0
GR	bonyari	ぼんやり	absent-minded(ly); blank(ly)	2	2	0
GR	butting in	邪魔する	hey, do you have a sec?	2	3	0
GR	close_actions	Advanced proximity of actions	Advanced proximity of actions （が早いか、や否や、そばから）	2	0	0
GR	dai	～だい	? (for casual questions)	2	4	0
GR	dake	だけ	1) just, only, simply, merely; 2) as much as X wants/like/can (whatever, anything)	2	26	-1
GR	dakeatte	だけあって	because, as expected (used for positive things)	2	9	0
GR	dakeni	だけに	as expected, after all	2	6	0
GR	dakeno	～だけの	As much as; As fast as; To the extent of.	2	6	0
GR	dakenokotohaaru	だけのことはある	is surely because ～; not surprising that ～; It was worth ～	2	6	0
GR	darake	だらけ	covered with; littered with; infested with,full of	2	16	-1
GR	dearou to	であろうと	No matter what; Even if; No matter how	2	3	0
GR	depend-correspond-group	によって・次第で・いかんで	depending on, according to	2	0	0
GR	detamaranai/tetamaranai	～でたまらない・～てたまらない	so...that one can`t stand it; unbearably;extremely	2	2	0
GR	dokorodehanai, dokorodehanaku	どころではない、どころではなく	not at all; far from; anything but; out of the question	2	21	-1
GR	dokoroka	どころか	far from A, in fact B; not just; even	2	33	0
GR	eru	得る	to get, to win, to be possible	2	9	0
GR	feasibility	Expressions of non-feasibility	Formal expressions of non-feasibility　（～ざるを得ない、やむを得ない、～かねる）	2	0	0
GR	fuu	風	Style	2	4	0
GR	fuuni	という風に	in that way	2	4	0
GR	gachi	がち	tend to	2	17	0
GR	gari	がり	Vm, tend to, sensitive to	2	3	0
GR	gatai	がたい	Vm, ~ difficult to	2	10	0
GR	ge	げ	Ab, seems (～そう）	2	9	0
GR	Gerrund form of Verb + naka de	進行形の動詞＋中で	Out of (Clause A) there is B, C, D etc etc	2	0	0
GR	Gerrund form of Verb + nakade	進行形の動詞＋中で	Out of (Clause A) there is B, C, D etc etc	2	0	0
GR	gimi	気味	Vm、N slight tendency toward, seems like, feels so..	2	10	-1
GR	hamochiron	はもちろん	not to mention; not only, but also;	2	14	0
GR	hamotoyori	はもとより	to begin with ... and also ...	2	5	0
GR	hanmen	～反面	on the other hand	2	4	0
GR	haoroka	～はおろか	not to mention; of course A but also B; let alone B	2	7	0
GR	hasateoki	～はさておき	leaving aside, aside from	2	6	1
GR	hatomokaku	はともかく	leaving A aside, A is good, but B is another thing	2	4	0
GR	hitoridemoooku	一人でも多く	More than one person	2	0	0
GR	hododa; hodono	ほどだ; ほどの	almost/nearly; to the point of; like that; such as that	2	3	0
GR	hokanai	ほかない	nothing else to do but...	2	9	0
GR	ichido-tara	一度～たら	once	2	2	0
GR	ijou	以上	Vru, since; now that; once; as long as	2	6	0
GR	ijou-2	以上	exceeding, above	2	17	-2
GR	ippou	一方	on the other hand, on the other side, one-way	2	15	0
GR	ippouda	一方だ	increasing tendency	2	5	0
GR	ippoudeha	一方では	on the one hand . . . [can also mean "on the other hand"]	2	6	0
GR	itadakimasu	頂きます	to receive	2	6	-1
GR	itashimasu	致します	do (humble)	2	4	0
GR	jou	上	point of view	2	10	0
GR	joude	上で	N, On	2	3	0
GR	kadoukanouchini	かどうかのうちに	just at the time when	2	2	0
GR	kaette	かえって	on the contrary	2	9	0
GR	kagiri	限り	as far as, as long as, until, unless	2	41	0
GR	kakaru	掛かる	BEGIN TO～；BE ABOUT TO DO～；ALMOST　DO～	2	4	0
GR	kakaru 2	掛かる　２	AT～; ON～	2	1	0
GR	kakeda; kakeno; kakeru	かけだ・かけの・かける	in the middle of; not yet finished V-ing	2	6	0
GR	kakeru 2	掛ける　２	AT～; TO～	2	0	0
GR	kanaikanouchini	か～ないかのうちに	just as, at that instant	2	8	0
GR	kanarazushimo	必ずしも	not necessarily	2	8	1
GR	kanenai	かねない	Vm, capable of (a bad thing)	2	21	-1
GR	kaneru	兼ねる	hesitate to, cannot, hard to do	2	12	-1
GR	kanjipic	漢字写真	a tool to look up photos based on kanji	2	0	0
GR	kankei	関係	relationship, relation (between/to)	2	0	0
GR	kanoyouda	かのようだ	like, as if (metaphor)	2	11	-1
GR	kara-nikakete	から～にかけて	from ... until	2	5	-1
GR	karaiuto	からいうと	from the standpoint of	2	6	-1
GR	karakoso-2	～からこそ	especially because (non-intuitive nuance)	2	4	0
GR	karamiruto	から見ると	seen from the point of view	2	9	0
GR	karaniha	からには	so long as, since	2	7	-2
GR	karashite	からして	(1)Even; (2)Given, (Judging) From/By	2	8	0
GR	karasuruto	からすると	from, you can judge, based on	2	14	-1
GR	karatoitte	からといって	just because	2	20	1
GR	katawara	かたわら	beside	2	5	-1
GR	katoomouto	かと思うと	as soon as I noticed, almost immediately	2	3	-1
GR	katoomouto-2	かと思うと	When I think it may	2	4	0
GR	kawarini	かわりに	in place of; instead of	2	12	0
GR	kawarini-2	代わりに	to make up for, in exchange for	2	4	0
GR	kawaru-group	かわる	instead of / in place of	2	0	0
GR	kekka	結果	as a result of	2	5	0
GR	kigasuru	気がする	to feel, realize	2	26	-1
GR	kikkake	きっかけ	trigger	2	21	-1
GR	kikkakeni	きっかけに	Since; Take the opportunity afforded by ～ to ～	2	10	0
GR	kiri1	きり	just, only	2	8	0
GR	kiri2	きり	just, for good, once and for all (keeps on same state)	2	11	0
GR	kiru	切る	verb-totally	2	17	-2
GR	kiwamaru	～極まる	Extremely; The height of…; Knows no bounds. Always has a negative meaning.	2	7	0
GR	kke	～っけ	~?, like か	2	14	0
GR	kkonai	っこない	Vpm, impossible to	2	6	0
GR	komu	込む	...into	2	1	0
GR	kononinaru			2	0	0
GR	koso	～こそ	this, especially (emphasis),very	2	9	0
GR	koto ga aru	ことがある	There are times when	2	8	0
GR	koto ha nai	ことはない	no need to	2	5	0
GR	kotoda	ことだ	should	2	9	0
GR	kotodakara	ことだから	as always	2	7	0
GR	kotoka	～ことか	a lot	2	9	0
GR	kotokara	～ことから	because	2	13	0
GR	kotonaku	事無く	without	2	15	-1
GR	kotoni	～ことに　「は」	Very; Quite; The ～ thing is that....	2	7	0
GR	kotoni-group	ことに～	I decided, it was decided, it is a rule	2	0	0
GR	kotoninaru	ことになる	To be decided, to be arranged	2	5	0
GR	kotoninatteiru	ことになっている	became a rule; been decided that; expected to; supposed to	2	22	-1
GR	kudasai	下さい	please	2	13	0
GR	kurabemononinaranai	比べものにならない	there is no point comparing....	2	5	0
GR	kurai	くらい	about, as	2	15	0
GR	kurai, gurai	くらい、ぐらい	to the extent that; so ~ that ~ almost ~; at least; the only ~; rather than ~	2	7	0
GR	kurai.....wanai	くらい～はない	A is the most B thing. There is not a more B thing than A is.	2	4	-1
GR	kurainara-hougaii	くらいなら～～ほうがいい	Show a strong feeling of opposition.	2	9	0
GR	kuseni	くせに	although, despite	2	17	0
GR	looks/seems/heard-group	よう・そう・らしい・聞いた	looks like or seems like	2	0	0
GR	mai-1	～まい	won't (do something)	2	3	0
GR	mai-2	～まい	probably won't	2	22	0
GR	mai-4	～まい	Don't do ~	2	3	0
GR	maika	まいか	will not [expresses a little uncertainty]	2	6	0
GR	maika-2	まいか	won't you?	2	1	0
GR	marude	丸で	as if, practically	2	41	-1
GR	marude-2	まるで	completely, entirely	2	7	0
GR	miseru-2	みせる	to show	2	13	0
GR	mo-ba-mo	も～ば～も	not only, but also	2	4	0
GR	moba	も～ば	Both(,,,,)and(,,,,,)	2	2	0
GR	mokamawazu	～もかまわず	dont mind, dont care about	2	3	0
GR	mono	～もの	because, should, like to	2	3	0
GR	monoda	ものだ	a thing that, the thing	2	5	-2
GR	monoda-2	ものだ	(thing) you know? isn't it?	2	17	-1
GR	monodakara	～ものだから	so, therefore (explaining something unavoidable)	2	4	0
GR	monode	もので	because of (that thing)	2	3	0
GR	monodesukara	ものですから	because	2	11	0
GR	monogaaru	～ものがある	there is such a thing (essence), feels like	2	12	-1
GR	monoka	ものか	absolutely not...	2	8	0
GR	mononara	～ものなら	if .. is possible, then...	2	17	0
GR	monono	～ものの	although	2	9	-1
GR	muki	向き	for, facing, toward, aimed at	2	12	0
GR	mushiro	むしろ	rather	2	3	0
GR	na-3	～な	Vm na (positive command - sentence ending particle)	2	2	0
GR	nado; nanka; nante	など; なんか; なんて	and so on; and the like; for example; things like ～	2	7	0
GR	nagara	ながら	Vm, despite while, although	2	14	0
GR	naibakarika	ないばかりか	Not only	2	2	0
GR	naidehairarenai	ないではいられない	cannot help but, cannot stop doing	2	10	-1
GR	naikotohanai	ないことは(も)ない	it isn't the case that ～ not ～; it is not that ～ not ～	2	6	-1
GR	naikotoniha	ないことには	if (it's) not; unless	2	13	-1
GR	nakucha	なくちゃ	Must;Have to	2	3	0
GR	nanode	なので	since	2	8	0
GR	ndesu	～んです	explain causes, reasons, grounds	2	4	0
GR	niatatte; niatari	に当たって; に当たり	on the occasion of; at; in; before; prior to	2	16	1
GR	nichigainai	に違いない	no mistake...definitely	2	22	-1
GR	nihanshite	に反して	against, contrary to	2	21	0
GR	nihitoshii	に等しい	equivalent to	2	14	0
GR	nihokanaranai	にほかならない	nothing but; merely; none other than	2	6	0
GR	niizon	に依存	depending on, relying on	2	4	0
GR	nikagirazu	に限らず	not just, limited to	2	6	0
GR	nikagitte	に限って	of all the ... / especially / only / just	2	12	0
GR	nikakawarazu	かかわらず	Regardless of	2	21	0
GR	nikaketeha, nikaketemo	にかけては, にかけても	regarding, about, concerning	2	2	0
GR	nikaketewa	にかけては	regarding, about, concerning	2	2	0
GR	nikanshite	に関して	concerning; with regard to; about; on	2	15	0
GR	nikawatte	名詞が名詞に代わって	use Nounが instead of Nounに	2	8	-1
GR	nikimatteiru	にきまっている	(It's been) decided; expected; definitely	2	6	0
GR	nikotaete	に応えて	in response to	2	4	1
GR	nikuwaete	に加えて	in addition to	2	9	1
GR	nimokakawarazu	にもかかわらず	despite; though; although; in spite of	2	26	0
GR	nimotozuite	に基づいて	based (up)on	2	5	0
GR	nioite	に於いて	at/on/in this case	2	22	-1
GR	niokeru	における・おいて	at, in, as for	2	6	0
GR	nioujite	に応じて、に応じた	commensurate with, accordance with, depending on	2	4	-1
GR	nisaishite	に際して	when; on the occasion of; at (the time of); in; upon (doing something)	2	5	0
GR	Nisakidatte	に先立って	before; preceeding; prior to	2	1	0
GR	nisakidatte; nisakidatsu	に先立って; に先立つ	before; preceeding; prior to	2	11	0
GR	nishiro	にしろ、にせよ	It doesn’t matter which; It doesn’t matter whether.	2	2	-1
GR	nishiro; niseyo	にしろ; にせよ	Even though; Even if; Whether ～ or ～; Whether or not	2	14	-2
GR	nishitagatte; nishitagai	に従って; に従い	following; in accordance with; as ～, accordingly; in proportion to	2	7	0
GR	nishitara	～にしたら	if (one had) ～'s perspective	2	5	0
GR	nishitemo	～にしても	even for	2	10	-2
GR	nishitewa	～にしては	even though (it is) ; for	2	22	-1
GR	nisotte	～に沿って	go along with; in line with	2	14	0
GR	nisouinai	に相違ない	definitely; without a doubt	2	7	0
GR	nisuginai	に過ぎない	nothing more than	2	16	-1
GR	nisuru	にする	to make.	2	3	-1
GR	nitaenai	～にたえない	cannot stand; cannot do; no value to	2	6	-1
GR	nitaeru	～にたえる	has value; it is worth doing	2	3	0
GR	nitaishite	に対して	toward; to; in contrast to; whereas; in regard to; in; per	2	10	0
GR	nitaru	～に足る	is plenty; has value	2	5	0
GR	nitomonatte	に伴って	as; in proportion to; with	2	10	0
GR	nitotte	にとって	to; for	2	10	-1
GR	nitotteno	にとっての	to; for	2	10	-1
GR	nitsuiteha	については	As for ~ concerning ~	2	12	-1
GR	nitsuke	～につけ	each time, whenever, either way	2	6	0
GR	nitsuki	につき	a, per, each	2	9	-1
GR	nitsuki-2	～につき	due to	2	8	0
GR	nitsurete	につれて	as; in proportion to; with	2	18	0
GR	niwatatte	にわたって	over; span(ning)	2	13	-1
GR	niyoreba	によれば	According to	2	2	0
GR	noamari	の余り	because of too much	2	18	1
GR	nokotodakara	のことだから	as usual for	2	2	0
GR	nomi	のみ	only	2	9	0
GR	nominarazu	のみならず	not only, but also...	2	7	0
GR	nomotode	のもとで	based on, under	2	3	0
GR	noni	のに	despite	2	3	0
GR	Not really	あまり～（動詞）～ない	Not really	2	0	0
GR	nuki	抜き	without	2	10	-1
GR	nuku	ぬく	completely; until the end	2	6	0
GR	okagede	おかげで	thanks to	2	4	0
GR	okeikini	を契機に	on the opportunity of	2	3	0
GR	oku	おく	to do it in advance OR to leave it in the current state expecting a later change	2	13	0
GR	osoregaaru	恐れがある	worry about, there is a possibility, there is fear that	2	14	-1
GR	ppoi	っぽい	-like	2	10	0
GR	rashite	～からして	starting from	2	1	0
GR	sae	さえ	even; only; just	2	23	1
GR	sae-ba	～さえ～ば	If ~ just If ~ only	2	4	-1
GR	sai	～際	when	2	15	-1
GR	saichuu	最中に	right in the middle of	2	3	0
GR	sama wo miro, iikimi da yo, hora!	様を見ろ、いい気味だよ、ほら！	I told you so, Serves you right, See!	2	0	0
GR	seide	せいで	because of, due to (indicates only negative meaning)	2	10	0
GR	seinisuru	せいにする	Put blame on	2	2	0
GR	shidai	次第	as soon as; depending on	2	8	0
GR	shidaide	～次第で	depending on	2	4	0
GR	shika	しか	but, only	2	6	0
GR	shikanai	～しかない	no alternative, no option but to...	2	16	0
GR	simultaneous-actions-group	ついでに・を契機に・をきっかけに	while doing A, do B	2	6	-1
GR	since/because-group	から	because	2	0	0
GR	sorede	それで	and then, after that; Due to that	2	19	-1
GR	sorega	其れが	Despite that	2	1	0
GR	sueni	～末に	in the end, result	2	10	-1
GR	tabi, tabini	たび、たびに	each time, every time, whenever	2	4	0
GR	tamaranai	たまらない	Unbearably	2	4	0
GR	tamonoda	たものだ	used to	2	3	0
GR	tatoe	たとえ	even if	2	6	0
GR	tatokoro	た形ところ	just as I'd, right at the moment when I'd	2	11	-1
GR	tatokorode	た形ところで	even if you do... it will not result to..	2	8	-1
GR	tatotan	たとたん	See [とたん（に）]	2	2	0
GR	tatsumoride	た形積もりで	instead of (hypothetical action)	2	6	-1
GR	teha	～ては	Vte, (te-form verb + contrastative ha wa)	2	2	0
GR	teirai	て以来	since; ever since; from here on	2	6	0
GR	tekaradenaito; tekaradenakereba	て形からでないと; て形からでなければ	If I don't ～, I can't ～; I can't ～ unless I ～.	2	8	-1
GR	tenaranai	てならない	Cannot help -ing; Unbearably; Irresistibly	2	8	-2
GR	teshouganai; tetamaranai	てしょうがない; てたまらない	Can't help but ～; Extremely ～; Very ～	2	8	0
GR	tetamaranai	てたまらない	be dying to do something, to feel X strongly, can't help it...	2	22	-1
GR	teyagaru	てやがる	Emphasize a disliking of the action taken.	2	3	0
GR	todoujini	と同時に	and at the same time	2	9	-1
GR	tohakagiranai	とは限らない	not always, not necessarily	2	16	-1
GR	toittara	といったら	Express admiration/horror; eg, how +adjective, so+adjective	2	9	0
GR	toittemo	といっても	but	2	14	-1
GR	toiukotoda	ということだ	it must mean, it boils down to	2	9	0
GR	toiumono	というもの	that thing called	2	16	0
GR	toiumonodehanai; toiumonodemonai	というものではない; というものでもない	Doesn't mean that; It's not (true) that; Not necessarily	2	4	-1
GR	toiuto	と言うと	when you talk of, speaking of, when you say	2	4	0
GR	toiuyori	というより	rather, more than	2	8	0
GR	toka	とか	It seems that; I heard that	2	4	0
GR	tokoroni, tokorohe, tokorowo	ところに、ところへ、ところを	(Just) when	2	10	-1
GR	tomokaku	兎も角	anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case	2	1	0
GR	toori	通り	in that way	2	10	-1
GR	toshite	として	as; in the capacity of	2	28	0
GR	toshiteha	としては	for	2	5	0
GR	toshitemo	～としても	even if; assuming	2	7	-1
GR	totan(ni)	途端（に）	as soon as, the instant	2	5	0
GR	toutei	到底	(can't) possibly / very much	2	7	0
GR	towazu	問わず	regardless of	2	1	0
GR	tsui	つい	without thinking, despite myself	2	5	0
GR	tsuideni	ついでに	while doing A, I had a chance to do B, since doing A anyway, do B	2	7	0
GR	tsumoridatta	積もりだった	I had the intention to do (but I didn't)	2	6	-1
GR	tsutsu	つつ	Vm, -ing	2	13	0
GR	tsutsuaru	つつある	Vm, middle of doing...､continues to	2	24	-1
GR	tsuujite	通じて	through, by	2	13	-1
GR	tte	って	...said; no matter what	2	5	-1
GR	Turete,Niture	つれて、につれ	more....more	2	3	0
GR	uchini	うちに	while; during; as	2	9	-1
GR	uchini-2	うちに	before ... (something bad happens); while ... still (being OK), while (state still continue) and before the state is finished	2	5	0
GR	uede	上で	upon, after	2	12	-1
GR	ueha	上は	since when	2	3	-1
GR	ueni	上に	moreover; what's more; additionally; not only	2	13	-1
GR	unrelated-group	を問わず・にかかわらず・もかまわず	ignoring, leaving aside	2	0	0
GR	uru	得る	able to do	2	7	0
GR	viewpoint-group	にとって・として・の上で・からいうと・から見ると	from the point of view, based on	2	1	0
GR	Vn-zu	～ず	Without (doing)	2	10	-1
GR	wakeda	～わけだ	of course, expected result	2	4	0
GR	wakedehanai	わけではない	It does not (necessarily) mean that ～; I don't mean that ～; It is not (true) that ～; It is not the case that ～	2	14	0
GR	wakeganai, wakehanai	わけがない、わけはない	There is no reason (as to) why ～; It is impossible (for) ～; cannot	2	8	0
GR	wakeniha ikanai	わけには　いかない	cannot; have no other choice but	2	9	-1
GR	warini	わりに	considering ..., for ...	2	12	-4
GR	when it comes??	かけると	when it comes? (	2	0	0
GR	wo megutte	～をめぐって	surrounding, concerning, about [/ focusing on / in connection with]	2	7	0
GR	wochuushinni	を中心に	center on, in the middle of	2	8	1
GR	wohajime	をはじめ	not only, but also starting with	2	6	-2
GR	wokomete	を込めて	[Verb Phrase] with all your [Noun Phrase]	2	9	0
GR	womegutte	をめぐって	regarding	2	12	0
GR	womotoni	をもとに	on basis of	2	5	-1
GR	womotonishite	をもとにして	based on	2	4	0
GR	wotowazu	を問わず	regardles (of)	2	8	0
GR	yappari	やっぱり（やはり）	As I thought; after all	2	15	0
GR	yara-yara	～やら～やら	particle denoting uncertainty or a listing used for both words and clauses	2	4	-1
GR	yomoya	よもや	surely not	2	2	0
GR	yorimosarani	よりもさらに	more than that; more than	2	1	0
GR	youdehanaika	意向形ではないか	why don't we	2	5	-1
GR	youdehanaika-2	ようではないか	doesn't it seem ~ ?	2	3	0
GR	youganai	～ようがない	no way to	2	10	0
GR	youmonai	ようもない	there's no way	2	17	-1
GR	younakigasuru	ような気がする	It's like it could be...	2	3	0
GR	youni-suru	ようにする	V, try to	2	14	0
GR	youni-te	ように～て	V, asking someone to ask someone else to do something (indirect order)	2	10	-1
GR	zaruwoenai	ざるをえない	can't avoid doing x	2	15	0
GR	zunihairarenai	～ずにはいられない	cannot help	2	17	-1
GR	~dasu	~出す	begin/start...	2	2	0
GR	～wo nuki ni shite・～ wa nuki ni shite	～をぬきにして・はぬきにして	without, leaving out	2	2	0