the other day; a few days ago
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
jack; knave; (electrical) jack; hijack; hijacking
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
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
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
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.
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
pair; the two; both persons; both things
unity; union; solidarity; combination; teaming up
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
one end; an end; part; fragment
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
in that way; thus; so; so?
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
arrest; apprehension; capture
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
by means of; due to; because of; according to