tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
body; group; party; company; troupe
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 start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
now; the present time; just now; another; more
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
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
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!