indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
this world; this life; world of the living
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
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to discharge (e.g. effluent)
ditch; drain; gutter; trench
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
consequence; outcome; result; blame
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
pilfering; snatching; swiping; pilferer; (petty) thief; (bag) snatcher
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
how; in what way; by what means
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to recall; to remember; to recollect
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use