indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
as one had hoped; as one wishes
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
suffix for familiar person
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
myself; yourself; I; me; you
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
temporary; transitory; short-lived
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...