telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
myself; yourself; I; me; you
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
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.
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
holiday; vacation; day off; time off; leave; furlough
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to waste; to sacrifice; to spoil; to ruin; to lose; to forfeit
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as ...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
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.)
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
matter of hit-and-miss; mix of success and failure; variation (in quality, returns, etc.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
then; well; so; well then