what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to begin to rain; to begin to snow
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.)
sun shower; sudden rain from a blue sky
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
please (give me); please (do for me)
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
danger; peril; hazard; risk
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence