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; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
transactions; dealings; business
danger; peril; hazard; risk
stock; products; stolen goods; 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; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
poor-quality; low-quality; shoddy; low-grade
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
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 been ...-ing
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
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
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
police investigator; investigator