shame; embarrassment; disgrace
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
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 send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
passing (an exam); pass; success; meeting (specifications, standards, etc.); passing (inspection); qualification
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
applying to enter more than one school
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
there is nothing; having nothing
all; entire; whole; altogether
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
how; in what way; how about
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.)