number one; first; best; most; game; round
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
young girl; lass; adolescent female
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to scold; to tell (someone) off
so; therefore; for that reason; if so; if that is the case; in that case
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
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 turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
coward; chicken; yellow-belly; sneaky person; underhanded person; dastardly person