present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
war; fighting; fierce competition
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
meaning; significance; sense
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 ask a question; to begin to ask a question
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
to stand still (for a while); to remain in one place; to stand alone (of a building, statue, tree, etc.); to stand quietly; to wander about; to loiter
as if; as though; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest; really; completely
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
hello; good day; good afternoon
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
your daughter; young woman
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
chief (of police); head (of office)