indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
1st quarter of moon; crescent moon
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
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
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to say; to be called; to do
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
article; news story; report; account
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.
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
writing (e.g. as a profession)
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
exclusive; attached to; specialist
contract; compact; agreement
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)