indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)
Age of Discovery; Age of Exploration
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
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
(sea) voyage; navigation; sailing; passage; cruise
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
to feel; to sense; to experience
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
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
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
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
in comparison to; rather than
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
entry (in a form, register, diary, etc.); filling in; filling out
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia)
discovery; detection; finding
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)