pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
offender; criminal; culprit
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
opening and shutting; opening and closing
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
spray; sprayer; atomizer; sprinkles (confectionery); hundreds and thousands
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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.
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
I see; that's right; indeed
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
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.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
living; lifestyle; living room
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
feeling; sense; impression
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker