magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
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 cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
because of; owing to; due to
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
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
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
restoration; repair; mending
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
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to