previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
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
slow; gradual; steady; calm; composed; relaxed
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
speaker; narrator; speaker (of a language)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
condition; state (of health); appearance
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
fourth day of the month; four days
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
to feel; to sense; to experience
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
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 continue; to keep up; to keep on
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold