Common Era; CE; Christian Era; Western (Gregorian) calendar
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
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
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
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.
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
magnetism; magnetic force
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
to be twisted; to be wrapped; to be distorted
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
emergency landing; forced landing; crash landing
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)