indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
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 strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
to be silent; to say nothing
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to become sated; to become satiated; to have one's fill
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
reality; actuality; hard fact
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
such; like that; that sort of
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
while; during; while; although; all; both
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (another's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
two persons; two people; pair; couple
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly
roughly; broadly; generally; more or less
so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent
to eat untidily; to eat messily; to eat a bit of everything; to leave things half-eaten; to dabble in (something); to try one's hand at (various things)