pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
myself; yourself; I; me; you
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
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 throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
allied forces; the Allies (e.g. in WWII)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to exploit a gap (in attention, security, etc.); to catch off guard
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
cannot be helped; unavoidable
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
self-destruct system; automatic detonator; self-detonating device
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
participation; joining; entry
several (objects, usu. from two to six)
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
explosion; detonation; blast; outburst (of emotion); explosion (e.g. of anger); eruption (e.g. of discontent)
to shut in; to confine (in); to seal in; to contain; to suppress; to restrain
colonization; colonisation
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
port (left side of vessel)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing