charity; benevolence; charitable spirit; interest (in public welfare, social enterprise, etc.); zeal
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
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
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
true parrot (esp. small parrots such as the parakeet, lory and conure)
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
discovery; detection; finding
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
time; hour; period; class
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing
extra-sensory perception; ESP; psi; psychokinesis; PK