suffix for familiar person
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
social gathering; get-together; (friendly) meeting
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
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
dry riverbed; river beach
honorific/polite/humble prefix
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.
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
reservation; appointment; contract; subscription; programming (e.g. a device); setting (e.g. a timer)
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...