Common Era; CE; Christian Era; Western (Gregorian) calendar
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
(distant) future; future existence; world beyond the grave; future (tense)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
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 change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
two persons; two people; pair; couple
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
use; utilization; utilisation; application
trap (for catching animals); snare; trap; trick; ruse
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)