bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
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
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
suffix for familiar person
hello; good day; good afternoon
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
feeling; sense; impression
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
in that way; thus; so; so?
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to be in disorder; to lie scattered around
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading