indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon); trace
to be found; to be discovered
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
is that so?; I see; right; oh
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
yoo-hoo; halloo; hi-de-ho; howdy; hey
hooray; yay; whee; yowzer; whoopee; yes
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
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
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side by side; to make (someone) get married; to get (someone) hitched
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis