proving ground; test site
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; node (of a plant stem); joint
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
heavenly immortal (in Taoism)
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
don't you think?; indicates question
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
suffix for familiar person
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to talk; to chat; to chatter
living thing; organism; creature; biology
you (plural); all of you; you all
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
valley floor; bottom of a gorge; bottom of a ravine
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become