mum; mom; mummy; the missus
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
filial piety; being kind to one's parents; taking care of one's parents
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
spare time; free time; leisure time
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
1000 ri; (a) long distance
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
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
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
life; living; I; me; student
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)