indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
leisurely; slowly; soon; shortly; here and there; scattered
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
(arch.) bracelet (made of stringed jewels or bells and worn at the elbow); bracer (for the elbow of an archer)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
rebound; relapse after a diet; regaining lost weight; return of symptoms after withdrawal of medicine
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
hygienic; healthy; healthful; sanitary
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
tele; Terret (wine grape variety)
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do