bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
early; right away; at once; early time; early stage (in one's life, etc.)
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
suffix for familiar person
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
honorific/polite/humble prefix
sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker