honorific/polite/humble prefix
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
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.)
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
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
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
related to the teachings of Buddha; able to be saved by Buddha; related; relevant
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
acceleration; speeding up
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
absorption; suction; attraction
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!