if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
section manager; section chief
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to leak out (of a secret); to come out; to be exposed (of a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to get away (of a fish)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; indeed; really
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
rubbish heap; garbage dump
pillbug; pill bug; woodlouse; sowbug; sow bug; slater
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
harassment (esp. in workplace); bullying; discrimination
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
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 make an enemy (of); to turn (someone) into an enemy; to antagonize
unable to do one's work; can't get anything done
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
to like; to love; to be fond of
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
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.)
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer
accessories; small articles; minor character; small fry; weak one