receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
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
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
how; in what way; how about; questionable
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
like this; in this way; as you see
honorific/polite/humble prefix
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
have a good day; take care; see you
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
along (wall, coast, river, etc.); alongside; following
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to move (house); to change residence