yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
licking; lapping up; (eating up) quickly; gobbling up
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
something; some kind of; for some reason
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
master; Your lordship; My lord; husband
your husband; her husband
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)
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
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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.
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
development; revitalization; standing (something) up; waking up; tilling a rice field; drawing a card from the draw pile
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
too much; excessively; too
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed