hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
trip by boat; sea trip; voyage; cruise
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
honorific/polite/humble prefix
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to rinse; to wash out; to have one's revenge; to wipe out a disgrace
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
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