rice seasoned and cooked with various ingredients
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
how; in what way; how about
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
boy; son; baby boy; young man
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.
orphanage; children's home; foster home
woman; female; feminine gender
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
arrest; apprehension; capture
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
twenty-ninth day of the month; twenty-nine days
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
water tank; cistern; fish tank; aquarium
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
older sister; lass; young lady
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)