slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
adds force or indicates command
rapids; shallows of a river
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
to be different from what was previously said; to be different from what was promised
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
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
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
corner; bend; segment (within a radio or TV program); session; area; department
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 prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.)
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
external angle; exterior angle; outside corner
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball