indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; 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; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
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 (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
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; even if; 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; so
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
(doing) together; one lump; one mixture; the same; identical; (at) the same time
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
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; heart (of something); central part
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); 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
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)