indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
huge; vast; enormous; colossal; extensive; large
magical power; mystical force
to need; to call for; to require
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
(urban) prefecture (i.e. Osaka and Kyoto); centre (e.g. of learning); center; (government) office; fu (administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam)
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
correct answer; right solution; correct interpretation; right decision; right choice; appropriate judgement
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
amphiaster; diaster; double star; visual double
two persons; two people; pair; couple
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
cosmic dual forces; yin and yang; sun and moon; positive and negative (magnetic poles, electric terminals, etc.); cathode and anode
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
chance; opportunity; occasion
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)
to grow up; to become an adult