to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
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
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to mark the end; to spell the end
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)