guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
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
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
please (give me); please (do for me)
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
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
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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 do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
don't you think?; indicates question
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
analepticum; restorative medicine
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion