indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
what the?; what's going on?; what's this?
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
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)
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?