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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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.
older sister; lass; young lady
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
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
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch
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.)
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)
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
form; shape; figure; visage
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
now; the present time; just now; another; more