squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
originally; by nature; from the start
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
to rant and rave; to raise hell
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
who on earth; just exactly who; who the heck
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
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.
cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
person from (the planet of)
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.)
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
no matter how much time passes
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as