indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
book; volume; this; present; main; head
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; excuse
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
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
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to shout (in anger); to yell
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
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
self-consciousness; self-awareness
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
practice game; practice match; scrimmage; workout