indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
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
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
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
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
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.
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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.)
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
until now; so far; up to the present
number one; first; best; most; game; round
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point