this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to boil; to seethe; to be oppressed by heat
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
email; mail (usu. in compound words); post; message (sent over a chat application); instant message; male
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to come fluttering in (e.g. leaves, snow, flowers, etc.); to come dancing in; to drop in unexpectedly; to happen unexpectedly
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
only; merely; but; no more than
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount
than; from; out of; except; but; more
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.
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
an ideal topography for the four Taoist gods, with a river in the east, a broad avenue in the west, a basin in the south, and a hill in the north
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to