discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
now; the present time; just now; another; more
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
stairs; stairway; staircase
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
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
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
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 protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
form; shape; figure; visage
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
boy; son; baby boy; young man
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)