here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to talk; to chat; to chatter
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to be photographed; to be projected
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
don't you think?; indicates question
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's