I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
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
tail (animal); tail end; tip
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 step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
small theatre; kabuki performed in a small theatre; little performance; short acted scene; act
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 ...
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
assistance; help; helper; babe; chick; broad
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
considerably; greatly; a lot
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
positive (e.g. thinking); positive (photography); positive (electrical polarity)
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker