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 sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to go mad; to go crazy; to go insane
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
then; and (then); in that case; if so
place for storing things; container; compartment; closet; pocket
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
brown envelope; manila envelope
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
largish; biggish; on the large side; slightly larger; a little larger
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
elder brother; big brother; one's senior; one's elder; old ingredients; stale ingredients
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
secret savings; secret stash; money hidden away
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?