mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
master; Your Lordship; My Lord; husband
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
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.)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
at first; in the beginning; originally
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
sanity; consciousness; soberness
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work