yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
older sister; lass; young lady
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
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
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
provision of lunch (e.g. at office, school, etc.); providing a meal; lunch service
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to behave well (of a child)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
present; gift; to give a present or gift
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
had better ...; had better not ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
white; correction fluid; white-out
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
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
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
ta-dah!; ta-da!; tada!; voilà
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence