indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
greeting; a fine thing to say
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.
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
nothing but; except; no more than
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
the deceased; the departed; old friend; longtime acquaintance
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
single word; a few words; brief comment
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
what kind of; what sort of; what
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
then; well; so; well then
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
I see; that's right; indeed
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
now; the present time; just now; another; more
crescent moon; young moon
mobile; mobile (sculpture)
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
chief executive officer; CEO