indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
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
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
skill; dexterity; proficiency
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
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 smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
installment; instalment; premium; bill
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
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
within; inside of; less than
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
1,000,000; one million; million; many
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
beginning; outset; first; onset
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
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.)
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")