mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
ragman; junkman; garbage man
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out; (arch.) to lose motivation; (arch.) to get discouraged
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
thereupon; shortly thereafter
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
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.
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.)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes