to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
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
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
offender; criminal; culprit
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
burned down; entirely destroyed
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
extremely disappointing; extremely frustrating; mortifying; vexing
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
new building; new construction
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
family; members of a family