play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
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
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
lead; leading; lead (of a newspaper, etc.); lede; lead (wire); lead (e.g. dog); leash
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
such; this sort of; like this
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 wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
out (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
had better ...; had better not ...
I see; that's right; indeed
hey there; I say; see here
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
strike (e.g. in baseball, bowling)
going down; fall; knocking down (in boxing); flooring; being out of action (due to illness, exhaustion, etc.); being down (e.g. with a cold); going down (of a computer system, server, etc.)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise