be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
middle of the night; dead of night
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
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
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)