disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
mask; disguise; guise; mask
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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
personal combat; one-to-one fight
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
how; in what way; how about
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
now; the present time; just now; another; more
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
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 throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
instead of; replacing; on behalf of
punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
(in) dire straits; (in a) serious bind; (in a) big pinch
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
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.)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch