cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
Tsuyama, a region in the Okayama prefecture
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
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 burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
that's a different matter; that's a different story
suffix for familiar person
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
pronunciation; production of sound
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more