indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
older sister; elder sister
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to subsist; to keep on living
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
holly olive (Osmanthus heterophyllus); false holly; holly; spotnape ponyfish (Leiognathus nuchalis)
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
nothing but; except; no more than
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
choices; alternatives; options
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that