close call; narrow escape; hair's breadth; narrowly; just in time; by a hair's breadth
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed
roughly; broadly; generally; more or less
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date
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.
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
breach of manners; breach of etiquette; faux pas
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
calm; composed; cool; quiet
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
now; the present time; just now; another; more
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others