goal; basket (basketball); finishing line; Gaul
head start; initiative; preemption
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
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; heat; primary
Japanese representative; Japanese delegate; Japanese delegation
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
lost point (in a game); point given away; run charged to the pitcher; blunder; mistake
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
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 do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
prohibition; inhibition; ban
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...