yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
wooden building blocks; wooden bricks; playing with building blocks; piled timber; piling up wood
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
summer clothes; summer wear; summer uniform
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
how; in what way; how about
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.)
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
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
both (people); the two of them
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
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 see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
some; few; a number of; somewhat; to a certain extent; a bit
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; second-year kindergarten student
white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
no!; no no!; no, not at all
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement