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
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
round; tranquil; contentedly at ease
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
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.
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
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.)
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
sorry; excuse me; thank you
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
special duty; being in sole charge of a duty; senior managing director; executive director
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
managing director; executive director; routine business; regular business
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
sit down; sit up; Sit! (to a dog)
please (give me); please (do for me)