to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
of course; certainly; naturally
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
way; style; ceremony; rite; wedding (ceremony); equation
noisy; confused; uproarious
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
how; in what way; how about
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
study; library; den; home office; reading room
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
research; study; investigation
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.)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
material; materials; data; information; documents
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
pretending to respect (someone) while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving (the batter) an "intentional walk"
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)