near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
straw doll; straw figure; straw effigy
curse; spell; malediction
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.); collecting information; covering (an event, incident, etc.); reporting; interview (for a news story)
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to pray that one avoids disaster or illness; to pray for harm or death to come upon someone; to curse; to charm; to conjure; (arch.) to treat illness (with a prayer)
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
only; merely; nothing but; no more than
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...