I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to face; to go towards; to head towards
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
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 see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
now; the present time; just now; another; more
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); seeker; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
(some) more; even more; longer; further
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object