it's been a long time; long time no see
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
at work; in the midst of work; working
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
as (for); for; in the capacity of
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
live-action adaptation (of a cartoon or animated movie)
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
how; in what way; how about
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
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 (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
such; like that; that sort of; very
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
in this way; thus; such; uh...
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)