yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
river; stream; River; the ... river
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
myself; yourself; I; me; you
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
future (usually near); prospects
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 think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
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.)
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
festival; feast; carnival
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then