recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
suffix for familiar person
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
adds force or indicates command
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
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...
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
honorific/polite/humble prefix
brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis