honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
passage (of people, traffic); passing; common usage
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
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
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(some) more; even more; longer; further
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
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.)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
should; must; -able; probably; likely
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
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 cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
to watch over; to watch attentively
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
small quantity; little; little while; short distance