man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
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
and yet; though; when; in spite of
understood; I see; OK; present; here
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
when it becomes; when it comes to
strumming; thrumming; plunking; plonking
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
discovery; detection; finding
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
every evening; night after night
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 flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)