yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to repeat; to do something over again
superstition; superstitious belief
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
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
without; but if; otherwise; or else
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
irrational; illogical; unreasonable; absurd; inconsistent
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
day of month; counter for days
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
in comparison to; rather than
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
don't you think?; indicates question
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?