opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
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; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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
overall victory; championship
you said; he said; if ... then; 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, ...
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; screentime
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
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
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
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 close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down