indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
(large) gun; cannon; artillery; long-ball hitter; home-run hitter
prognostic symptoms; after-effect; sequela
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
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)
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
name; designation; denomination; naming; giving a name
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
Arctic Circle; the Arctic
archipelago; group of islands
off the coast; offshore; out at sea
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
witnessing; observing; sighting
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
by means of; due to; because of; according to
Viking; smorgasbord; buffet; smorgasbord (of things); hodge-podge
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...