look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
Mother's Day (2nd Sunday of May)
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
present; gift; to give a present or gift
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
suffix for familiar person
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
in that way; thus; so; so?
adds force or indicates command
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal