one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
really; truly; indeed; good grief
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
then; well; so; well then
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
land near a castle; castle town
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
Griffith (Australia); Griffis; Griffiths
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
hey!; c'mon!; pushy; overbearing; self-assured
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
they; those guys; those fellows
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful