indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
man who doesn't adhere to traditional masculinity, esp. with women and careers; herbivore man
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 praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
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
tide; current; tendency; trend
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
very; greatly; exceedingly
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to feel; to sense; to experience
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
helping hand; help; support; aid
to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
society; public; community; social studies
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
indiscriminate mass murder
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
for example; for instance; e.g.
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
every year; yearly; annually
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
indiscriminate shooting; random shooting; firing blindly
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble