this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
each nation; many nations; many countries
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
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
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 spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
almost; roughly; approximately
form; shape; figure; visage
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
(seriously and slightly) injured persons; people with serious and minor injures
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo); zaire (currency of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
government forces; government troops
by means of; due to; because of; according to
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
now; the present time; just now; another; more
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
radical party; extremists
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)