cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
warp; curvature; curve; arch
in that way; thus; so; so?
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
lately; recently; nowadays
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
tail; tael (Chinese unit of mass and currency); tailcoat; tails
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement; trailer (film, TV); preview
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
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
stray sheep; lost lamb; (fig.) person at a loss for what to do
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing