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
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to shake; to sway; to waver
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
space development; space exploration
division (of company); operations department
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
patent; special permission; licence (license); proprietary
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.
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
chief; main; principal; major
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
how; in what way; how about; questionable
don't you think?; indicates question
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
to want something desperately; to want something (so badly one can taste it)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
should; must; -able; probably; likely
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)