look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
suffix for familiar person
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
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.)
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
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
messenger of god; divine messenger
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
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
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
and yet; though; when; in spite of
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
in this way; thus; such; uh...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise