opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
switch; switch; points; switch (from one thing to another); change
(switched) on; being on the green (of one's ball)
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
honour; honor; glory; renown
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
match; game; bout; contest
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
both (people); the two of them
overall victory; championship; winning the title; (being in) heaven; bliss; perfect contentment
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; one's time (to act); one's chance
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to shine; to sparkle; to twinkle; to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.); to beam; to gleam
(distant) future; future existence; world beyond the grave; future (tense)
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 hug (someone) tight; to embrace; to give (someone) a tight hug; to cuddle
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
why; how; for what reason
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
it is assuredly (that) ...; can say with confidence that it is ...
to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)
difficult to ...; hard to ...