house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
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.)
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
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
if you think about it; come to think of it
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
than; from; out of; except; but; more
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
I see; that's right; indeed
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
memories; recollections; reminiscence
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
Anatidae (duck family of birds)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
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.
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
orderliness; put in order; tidying up; arranging neatly
while; during; while; although; all; both