mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
suffix for familiar person
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
(inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
Wu; region in China, south of the lower Yangtze; Wu; Southern Wu; Wu; Eastern Wu
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
no, not like that (but like this)
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
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
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
in that way; thus; so; so?
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial