decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
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
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
one's property; personal effects; one's belongings
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
(personal) appearance; (personal) grooming; essential skill; required knowledge
speech; expression; wording; language
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
school; proof (of a book, document, etc.); counter for proofs
interview; oral examination
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
so; like this; in this way
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
feeling; sense; impression
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being