to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
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
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
how; in what way; how about
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
all present; all concerned; all of us
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining