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
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
diastrophism; movement and deformation of the earth's crust; upheaval (e.g. in politics); seismic shift; earthshaking changes
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
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to lose sight of; to miss
gate (for entry, boarding, etc.); gate; logic element
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...