great depth; bottomless; great height
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
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
to take someone's life; to kill someone
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
company president; manager; director
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
company; corporation; workplace
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
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)
arrest; apprehension; capture
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
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.
the real criminal; true culprit
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
time; hour; period; class
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof