drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
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 fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
life; living; I; me; student
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
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
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
group; party; team; squad; section
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
considerably; greatly; a lot
to pass (of time); to elapse
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...