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; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; 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; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up
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; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
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 (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
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 (a wall, river, railroad tracks, etc.); alongside; following
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
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 rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to come to meet (someone); to come to pick up
to receive; to take; to get someone 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?; 's; of
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
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