indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to be conspicuous; to stand out
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
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
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
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 buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
feeling; sense; impression
number one; first; best; most; game; round
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
to find useful; to think highly of
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
of no interest; not interested
suffix for familiar person
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?