founder; originator; pioneer
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
(direct) hit; hitting the mark
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
one shot; one charge; one blow; one punch; home run; one try; one attempt
to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
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.
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
command; commander; commandant
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
ground; earth's surface; land; lot; plot
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen