honorific/polite/humble prefix
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
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
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
flight; desertion; escape
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
department store; department
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
option; selecting an option; optional extra; individual item; separate item; option
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
punching bag (boxing); training bag; sandbag
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss