hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
completion; perfection; accomplishment
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
petrifaction; petrification; mineralization; mineralisation; lithification; fossilization
ray (of light); beam; light
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
total destruction; complete destruction; annihilation; total defeat; complete failure
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
mwahahaha (evil laughter); coo coo; cooing; stifled laughter; suppressed laughter; sound of snagging
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.); restoration; return; resurrection; rebirth
decision; settlement; confirmation; establishment
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
science; to think about scientifically; to think in terms of science