I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
adds force or indicates command
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
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 abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
older sister; elder sister
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
rice plant (Oryza sativa)
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
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