preface; foreword; introduction; beginning; start
player (of music, instrument, etc.)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; impulse
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
to weave in (a pattern, colour, material, etc.)
gold (metal); gold (color); gold (medal); first place (prize); something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); money
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
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.)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to shout; to cry (out); to scream; to clamor (for or against); to advocate; to insist
while; during; while; although; all; both
to surround; to crowd around; to gather around; to encircle; to besiege
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road