yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
child consultation center; children's welfare center
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
speech; expression; wording; language
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
violence; assault; rough (handling, language, etc.); reckless; rape; sexual assault
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
tolerant; big; flexible; big-hearted; accepting; open-minded
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...