indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
adds force or indicates command
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
suffix for familiar person
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
because of; owing to; due to
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation