sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
father; dad; husband; you; he
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
myself; yourself; I; me; you
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
and yet; though; when; in spite of
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
burning low; waning; declining
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
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
sorry; excuse me; thank you
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
at work; in the midst of work; working
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...