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そういう

Like that, Kind of

と言（い）う事（こと）

~ing, The ~ that ~ (Nominalization)

と言（い）う事（こと）だ

I heard that, Rumor has it that, It is said that, It means that

だって

I heard/was said, Because, But, Even or also, Even if or even though

んだって

I heard that, He or She said that

～てみる

う・よう + とする

Try to, Attempt to, To be about to

う・よう + と思（おも）う

I think I will, I think I shall, Going to, Gonna (Volitional + と思う)

あげる

To give (away), To present, To provide

～てあげる

To do something for someone, As a favor for

くれる

To give (me), To be given

～てくれる

To do something for someone (usually you)

貰（もら）う

To receive, To get, To obtain

～てもらう

To get someone to do, To have someone do

～て + くれない

Won't you?, Will you?, Could you?, Can you?, Would you?

～て下（くだ）さい

Please do (Polite request)

～ないで下（くだ）さい

Please don't (Polite request)

なさい

な (Prohibitive)

Do not, Don't (Prohibitive)

なんて

Such as, Things like, Emphasis

さ (Filler)

Like, You know, You see, Listen, Uhh

さ (Casual よ)

かな

かい

Question marker

かしら

せる・させる (Causative)

To make/let/have (somebody do something)

れる・られる (Passive)

Was done to ~ by ~, Done without consent, Done to one's dismay

させられる (Causative-Passive)

Verbs (Causative-passive voice), To be made to do something, To be forced to do

なさる

To do (Honorific)

いらっしゃる

To be (Honorific), To come (Honorific), To go (Honorific)

～ていただけませんか

Won't you, Could you please (Humble request)

致（いた）す

で御座（ござ）います

To be, Polite copula

御座（ござ）います

To be, To exist (Polite)

お～になる

To do (Honorific)

お～ください

Please do (Honorific)

お〜する

I humbly do, I am obliged to do, Humble speech

お～願（ねが）う

Please, Could you please

～てしまう

To do something by accident, To finish completely・totally, Unfortunately

事（こと）がある

Something is possible, Sometimes, Occasionally, There are times when

～たことがある

Have done before

～る所（ところ）だ

About to, On the verge of

～た所（ところ）だ

Just finished doing, Was just doing

ところだった ②

Was just about to do something, Was in the middle of...

もの・もん

かもしれない

Might, Maybe, Probably

でしょう

Right?, Probably, Isn't it?

だろう

Right?, Probably, Isn't it?

だけ

だけで

Just by, Just with

しか～ない

There's only, Nothing but

しかない

Have no choice but, Only, Just

ばかり

Just, Only, Nothing but

ばかりだ

(Only) continue to, Keep on -ing, More and more

過（す）ぎる

Number + も

Emphasis, As ~ as, Not even

程（ほど）

The more, About, To the extent that, So much… that

程（ほど）～ない

Is not as…as, Isn't... like..., Not to the extent of...

ば～程（ほど）

The more…the more

さ

Converting adjectives to nouns

様（よう）だ

It seems that, It appears that, It looks like

の様（よう）に

Like (Noun), Similar to (Noun)

様（よう） + に・な

As・like, Just like

様（よう）な気（き）がする

Have a feeling that

みたい

Like, Similar to, Resembling

そう

Look like, Appear, Seem, Have a feeling that

そうだ

I heard that, It is said that

らしい ①

Seems like, Apparently, I heard

らしい ②

typical of, -ish・like, appropriate for, becoming of, befitting

っぽい

-ish, -like, Characteristic of, Typical of, Tendency to

より～の方（ほう）が

To be more ~ than ~

～た方（ほう）がいい

It'd be better to, Should do

ない方（ほう）がいい

It'd be better not to, Shouldn't do

より

More than, Over

方（かた）

Way of ~ing, How to ~, Manner of ~ing

による

By means of, According to, Depending on, Because of, Due to

によると

～易（やす）い

Easy to, Likely to

にくい

Difficult to, Hard to

がたい

Hard to, Difficult to

ないで

Without doing, Not ~ and ~

ずに

ぬ

Classical negative, Classical verb [ない]

訳（わけ）だ

For that reason, No wonder, As you'd expect, Naturally, Thus, This is why

訳（わけ）がない

There is no way, There is no reason, It is impossible, Cannot be

訳（わけ）には行（い）かない

Cannot afford to, No way, Impossible to do

とすると

If it were the case that, Assuming that...

として

As (i.e. in the role of), For

としては

As a, For a, As for

としても

Even if (we assume), Assuming, Also as

～たばかり

Just did, Something just happened

た途端（とたん）に

The instant or moment, As soon as, Just as

ながら

While ~ing, During, As

ながらも

But, Even while, Even though, Despite, Although

ままに (As Is)

As is, While remaining, Left in a state

っぱなし

Leaving something in a certain state, Left as is, Keep on -ing

である

Formal or literary だ, Authoritative, Copula

連用形（れんようけい）

Formal Conjunctive

筈（はず）だ

Bound to (be), Expected to (be), Should be (able)

筈（はず）がない

Hardly possible, Cannot be, Highly unlikely, Improbable

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