recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
electrocardiogram; ECG; EKG
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
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
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 attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
woman; female; feminine gender
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
consequence; outcome; result; blame
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
all; entire; whole; altogether
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold