boy; son; baby boy; young man
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
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
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 employ; to hire; to charter
please (give me); please (do for me)
auto; automobile; automatic; oat; oats
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
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.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
opening and shutting; opening and closing
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
man; male; masculine gender
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
arrest; apprehension; capture
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)