indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
with a smooch (kissing); with a light smacking sound
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
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
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
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
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
feel (of something); touch; texture; feeling; impression
master; Your Lordship; My Lord; husband
your husband; her husband
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
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)
waking; waking up; awakening
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
is that so?; I see; right; oh
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
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
why; how; for what reason
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
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