by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
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
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
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 eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to get an upset stomach; to have diarrhea
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
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
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine