indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
how; in what way; how about
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
something that will last a lifetime (esp. high-quality products)
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
sorry; excuse me; thank you
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
wallet; purse; coin purse; billfold; pocketbook
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
woman; female; feminine gender
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...