Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
form; shape; figure; visage
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
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
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 do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
in that way; thus; so; so?
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
snipping sound; cutting sound; to cut
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line