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
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to bail out (water); to scoop out
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
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.)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
please (give me); please (do for me)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
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 abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
back off!; leave me alone!
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid