old master; old teacher; old monk; aged priest
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
please (give me); please (do for me)
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
phantom; vision; something fleeting; short-lived dream; fabled item; mythical thing
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 show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
tribe; race; group (of people who share a common feature); gang; tribe (taxonomic rank); group (in the periodic table)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to disappoint; to let down
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 a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
rational; reasonable; logical
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
reality; actuality; hard fact
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
that gentleman; that lady; he; she