wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
jungle gym; monkey bars; climbing frame
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
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
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.
selection; choice; option
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
greeting; a fine thing to say
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
honorific/polite/humble prefix
name; given name; first name
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
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)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound