order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
... years old; age (of) ...
in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
unexpectedly; surprisingly
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.)
brothers and sisters; siblings; half-siblings; step-siblings; mate; friend
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
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.