to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
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
curse; spell; malediction
by means of; due to; because of; according to
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
already; now; no longer; not any more
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
suffix for familiar person
time; thyme; time out (e.g. in sport)
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of