young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
suffix for familiar person
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to like; to love; to be fond of
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
field (for growing wheat, fruit, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
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 lure (someone) toward one; to lure (into); to entice
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)