oppressive pain; tenderness; pressure pain
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
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
prefab; prefabrication; prefabricated building
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
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.)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
match; game; bout; contest
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 do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
school; proof (of a book, document, etc.); counter for proofs
sports ground; sports oval
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
baseball club (at a university, corporation, etc.); baseball team
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as