excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
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 leave as is; to let alone; to disregard
companion; comrade; escort; member of a party; fellow traveller; fellow traveler
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to introduce oneself; to announce oneself (e.g. as the person sought); to come forward (e.g. as a witness, with a claim, etc.)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
flat; level; flat (e.g. in 10 seconds flat); exactly; flat; flat
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
danger; peril; hazard; risk
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
bloodsucking; sucking blood
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
to trade in (commercial goods); to deal in; to sell
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
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
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
spirit world; underworld; the next world
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
offender; criminal; culprit
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)