thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
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
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
please (give me); please (do for me)
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
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)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
discovery; detection; finding
murder; killing; murderer
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say