phala (attained state, result); enlightenment (as the fruits of one's Buddhist practice); fruit; counter for pieces of fruit
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
senior high school; high school
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
declining birth rates; decrease in the number of children
by means of; due to; because of; according to
reorganization (e.g. of a company); reorganisation; consolidation; scrap-and-build
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
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 start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
notice; attention; observation
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
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
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
suffix for familiar person
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience