leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
water breaking (during pregnancy)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
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
beloved child; dear child
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
no!; no no!; no, not at all
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
video camera; video camcorder
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
such; this sort of; like this
to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
had better ...; had better not ...
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
labour pains; labor pains; birth pains; contractions
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
in that way; thus; so; so?
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis