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
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
young female rice planter; young girl
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
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 do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
screening meeting; trial meeting; qualifying competition
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
by myself; in person; by oneself
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
together; at the same time; same; identical
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
cheap; inexpensive; pure; honest; upright
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
to become fraught with emotion
heart; guts; nerve; central part
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
in this way; thus; such; uh...
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
valvular disease; valvular heart disease
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)