a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
how; in what way; how about
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
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 save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
follow-up report; further news
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
by means of; due to; because of; according to
casualties; the killed and wounded
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away