babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
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
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
serious; not joking; straight
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
answering machine; answerphone
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
wisdom; enlightenment; prajñā (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
complexity; frequency; trouble; traditional Chinese character; unsimplified Chinese character
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
suffix for familiar person
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
in that way; thus; so; so?
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays