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
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
complexion; colour; color; blood red
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
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.
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.)
looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
suffix for familiar person
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another