order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
January; first month of the lunar calendar
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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.)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
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 open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
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
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
to examine someone's expression
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
name; given name; first name
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to turn towards; to point
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis