dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
war; battle; match; game; competition
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
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
overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
opening performance; opening act; curtain raiser; minor performer; minor storyteller; subordinate part
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
opponent; adversary; the competition; the other side; one's enemy
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
(computer) monitor; consumer who comments on products, television programs, etc. (programmes); program or utility that monitors a program or activity
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
decision of a contest; finals (in sports)
advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging
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 decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
don't you think?; indicates question
long ago; already; a long time ago
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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.)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...