iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
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
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
burst of laughter; roar of laughter
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
to trample; to crush underfoot
adds force or indicates command
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
to fall into ruin; to be desolated
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
covered in mud; mud-caked
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
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.)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
fiction; fabrication; concoction; fictitious; fictional; imaginary
honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion
ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so