indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; courtesy visit (to offer condolences, say congratulations, pay respect, introduce oneself, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
around the world; throughout the world
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
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 scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)
specific medicine; wonder drug; silver bullet
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
(another's) daughter; young lady
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
time; hour; period; class
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
aquiline nose; Roman nose; hook nose
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
kinky hair; frizzy hair; unruly hair; curly hair
to lull (a child) to sleep; to put to sleep
superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!
to wear (multiple layers of clothes); to wear underneath; to dress up (esp. in formal clothes); to attire oneself (in); to break in (through repeated wearing); to wear in
to put on airs; to assume importance; to be self-important; to be pretentious; to be pompous; to stand on one's dignity
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
(someone else's) parents; both parents
discipline; training; teaching manners
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully; extremely
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many