black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
bloodthirsty killer; cold-blooded murderer; homicidal maniac
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
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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 be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
nightlife districts; drinking districts
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then