to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
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
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
family; relatives; dependents; household
black magic; sorcery; magic tricks; juggling
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.
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
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.)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
last days; the end; one's fate
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all