I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
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 be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
existence; being; presence
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
don't you think?; indicates question
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
business; things to do; engagement; errand; affairs
to recall; to remember; to recollect
sorry; excuse me; thank you
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
holly olive (Osmanthus heterophyllus); false holly; holly; spotnape ponyfish (Leiognathus nuchalis)
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant