water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
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 say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
consequence; outcome; result; blame
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
how; in what way; how about
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
result; effect; performance; success
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then