dispensing with the preliminaries ...; omitting the previous part
elder sister; effeminate man
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
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
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
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
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...
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
don't you think?; indicates question
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
failure; mistake; blunder
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
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
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
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
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 ...