today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
transactions; dealings; business
danger; peril; hazard; risk
stock; products; goods (esp. stolen); loot; spoils
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.
large amount of money; great cost
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
poor-quality; low-quality; shoddy; low-grade
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to twine; to get tangled; to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter); to get involved (in); to pick a quarrel (with); to find fault (with)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
suffix for familiar person
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
to be silent; to say nothing
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
two persons; two people; pair; couple
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
police; police officer; police station; self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.); busybody