to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
serious; not joking; straight
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
(one's) workload; amount of work (to be) done by one
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
live (esp. concert, show, etc.); live performance; alive
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
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.
to make good use of one's spare moments; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
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
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
spanking with a baseball bat
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
considerably; fairly; quite
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
boss; leader; kingpin; chief; head (e.g. of a crime syndicate)