knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
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
script; screenplay; scenario
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
author; writer; novelist; artist
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
line; queue; procession; matrix
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
myself; yourself; I; me; you
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible