older sister; lass; young lady
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
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
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
time; hour; period; class
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
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 make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
... years since construction; ... years old (of a building); built in ...
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
apartment with one bedroom and a kitchen
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence