boomerang; swim briefs; Speedos
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
number one; first; best; most; game; round
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
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
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
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
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
to approach; to draw near
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
domestic animals; livestock; cattle
with these words; while saying
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
because of; owing to; due to
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
myself; yourself; I; me; you
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
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.)
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
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 come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become