great mountain; large mountain
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
(political) administration; political power
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier
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.
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
Constitutional Democratic Party (1927-1940)
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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books
hanging low (over); hovering around (price level); low hanging (e.g. clouds); sluggish (e.g. economy); slump; recession
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
postwar period; period after Second World War
three times; thrice; third (musical interval)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
change of government; regime change
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier; leading; overseeing; leader
chair; stool; post; office; position
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
man; male; masculine gender
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to call out; to ask someone to come
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.)
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker