here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
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
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
rest; break; recess; intermission
on the same occasion; at the same time; coincidentally; along with; partly (to do, for)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
honorific/polite/humble prefix
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 eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
thick voice; husky voice; guttural voice; voice with a thick accent
name; given name; first name
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
sleeping during the day; (afternoon) nap; siesta
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.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
woman; female; feminine gender
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o