friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
you (plural); all of you; you all
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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.
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
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
hey; hello; wow; oh; oomph; heave-ho
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
grandfather; male senior-citizen
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
honorific/polite/humble prefix
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
eyesore; unpleasant sight; obstructing a view
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
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
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
ass; arse; rear; end; acupuncture point; hole