continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
then; well; so; well then
to change (one's clothes)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
honorific/polite/humble prefix
very early in the morning; so early in the morning; at this ungodly hour
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
in a ward; within the ward; within the zone; within the district
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
participation; joining; entry
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
now; the present time; just now; another; more
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
love or affection for one's parents
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr