purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
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
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to run out (e.g. of the room)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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 withdraw money; to take money out
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
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 buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
pair of compasses; compass (for drawing circles, etc.); (mariner's) compass; legs; step
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to be helpful; to be useful
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
number one; first; best; most; game; round
to be surprised; to be astonished
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to be filled with strength; to be filled with effort; to be enthusiastic about; to be tired (ironic)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
myself; yourself; I; me; you