indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
prop; strut; becoming taut; tightness; thrust; slapping attacks
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
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.
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to come (home) to one; to click; to ring a bell; to appeal to one; to speak to one; to impress one
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to be open (to traffic); to lead (to); to flow (of a liquid, current, etc.); to pass (through); to be conveyed (of an intention, meaning, etc.); to be understood (by); to be well versed (in)
conviction; belief; confidence
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
garden; orchard; park; place; world; environment
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
number one; first; best; most; game; round
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling