to come alive; to get going; to start to move
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
in that way; thus; so; so?
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
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
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
mask; disguise; guise; mask
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 attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
middle way; (golden) mean; moderation; the Doctrine of the Mean (one of the Four Books)
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...