to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
really; truly; indeed; good grief
busily; sedulously; laboriously; feverishly; fussily; worrying (about little things)
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
ship's captain; skipper; length of a ship; boatman
representation; agency; proxy; proxy; agent; representative
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
setting a bad example to others
plaster cast; cast; gypsum; plaster of Paris
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
how many years; how long; what year
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
splendid; nice; sufficient; satisfactory; not needing (any more of something); (already) having enough
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
already; now; no longer; not any more
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis