young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
New Year's Eve; end of the year
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
stockpile; reserves; storing; stocking up; laying in (supplies)
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
all; entire; whole; altogether
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)
within the year; before the year is out
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep