ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
foster child; adopted animal (e.g. pet)
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
suffix for familiar person
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
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
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to pick up; to find; to gather
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to collect; to assemble; to gather
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
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
katsudon; pork cutlet served on top of a bowl of rice
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
cutlet (usu. crumbed and fried)