beginning; outset; first; onset
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
translator (device, program); translation machine
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
function; facility; faculty; feature
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
don't you think?; indicates question
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
presumption; assumption; estimation
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
Critically Endangered (conservation status); CE
condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.); condensation (of a vapour or gas)
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
suffix appended to somebody else's family members
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner