truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
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
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
evening; last night; yesterday evening
father; dad; husband; you; he
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to become better; to improve
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to rise; to erect; to get up
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
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 protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
sorry; excuse me; thank you
disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence