honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
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
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
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
two persons; two people; pair; couple
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
match; game; bout; contest
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)