excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
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 shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
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
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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.)
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
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.)
adds force or indicates command
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
failure; mistake; blunder
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to be embarrassed; to lose face
for the first time in one's life
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
in comparison to; rather than
bowl; pot; flowerpot; crown; brainpan
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)