thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
raging waves; stormy seas; hardships; troubles; adversities
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
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
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
to pass (of time); to elapse
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 leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
than; from; out of; except; but; more
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi); madder (red color)
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
suffix for familiar person
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
the other day; lately; recently
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides