bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw; roar
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
Franz; Franc; Francis; Frantz
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing ...)
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
how; in what way; how about
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.)
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
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.
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
please (give me); please (do for me)
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
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; so
5th day of the month; five days
continuation; succession; series; continuous
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
complexion; skin tone; skin colour; countenance; look (on one's face); expression
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?