to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of); to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
honorific/polite/humble prefix
sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
mail service; postal service; mail; mail; postal matter; postal items
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
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.
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
millet or rice cake, roasted and hardened with starch syrup and sugar (sometimes including peanuts, etc.)
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
guardian; protector; patron; parent
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...