chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
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
picking; collecting; harvesting
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
when; how soon; how long until
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
please (give me); please (do for me)
now; the present time; just now; another; more
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
shabby; mean; sorry; dingy
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
together; at the same time; same; identical
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's