water's edge; beach; shore
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
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
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
hot blood; warm blood; zeal; fervor; fervour
delinquent (youth); delinquency; Yankee
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
closing of a school; closed school
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to lead; to take the lead; to be in a top position
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
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 throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
practice game; practice match; scrimmage; workout
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
how; in what way; how about
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol