why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
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 strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to keep in contact (e.g. by phone, mail, etc.); to keep in touch
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
police; police officer; police station; self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.); busybody
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...