excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
than; from; out of; except; but; more
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
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
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
match; game; bout; contest
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
free (of restraint, controls, etc.); free (of cost); freelance; one-size
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous