hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
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 ...
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be silent; to say nothing
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
crank call; prank call; nuisance call
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
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.)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
zip fastener; zipper; zip; chuck (device for holding a workpiece in a lathe or a tool in a drill)
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
in this way; thus; such; uh...
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with