honorific/polite/humble prefix
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
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 ...
no!; no no!; no, not at all
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
storehouse; warehouse; godown
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
life; living; I; me; student
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; (arch.) that's right
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
this week's issue (e.g. magazine)
the very best; excellent; superb
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
in that way; thus; so; so?
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
middle-aged woman who looks very young for her age (as through "magic")
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
actor; actress; player; performer
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
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 be surprised; to be astonished
grand; magnificent; majestic; great; sublime
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...