to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
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
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
shooting star; falling star; meteor; blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
suffix for familiar person
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
stuffed toy; stuffed animal; plush toy; soft toy; cuddly toy
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
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
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)