ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
audience; spectator; spectators
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.
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
educational institution; school; academy; campus
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
fraud; trickery; hoax; swindle; counterfeit; fake
walking sideways; staggering; striding; being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent
merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism
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
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
only the results matter; it's all about the results
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...