safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
8th in rank; eighth sign of the Chinese calendar
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
indigestion; dyspepsia; incomprehensibility; inability to understand
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
adds force or indicates command
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
in this way; thus; such; uh...
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
specific medicine; wonder drug; silver bullet
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o