one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
critical condition; being on the verge of death
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
older brother; elder brother
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
now; the present time; just now; another; more
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
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.
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
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.)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be found; to be discovered
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
honorific/polite/humble prefix
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
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do