look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
master; Your lordship; My lord; husband
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
time; hour; period; class
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
understood; I see; OK; present; here
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
really; truly; indeed; good grief
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
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
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
scale; scope; plan; structure
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
even though; despite; when
dilatorily; sluggishly; to take a lot of time; to become late; to take it easy
spanking with a baseball bat
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
home position; origin; usual place (for something)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end