mum; mom; mummy; wifey; dear; missus
gun; firearm; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
back country; remote countryside
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
name; given name; first name
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)
to roar; to thunder; to become well known; to become famous; to pound (of one's heart); to throb
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...