mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
year in, year out; always; 24-7
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
soccer ball; football (as used in soccer)
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
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
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
unforgivable; inexcusable; unpardonable
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 open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
failing college entrance exams and retaking them a year later
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
is that so? (generally rhetorical)