indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
representative; exemplary; model
classic (work, esp. book); the classics
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
eyes and ears; seeing and hearing; one's attention; one's interest
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
general idea; concept; notion
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
considerably; greatly; a lot
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
base; basis; bedrock; platform
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
element; component; factor; element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
such; this sort of; like this
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 overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
common humanity; shared humanity; shared by humanity
like this; this sort; this way