hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
pan; pot; saucepan; stew; hot pot
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
another time; some other time
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
vegetable; marijuana; cannabis
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
honorific/polite/humble prefix
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
... years old; age (of) ...
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student; behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
rebellious phase; rebellious age
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
subsection head; assistant manager; chief clerk
seal (used in lieu of a signature); stamp; chop