babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
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
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
radio (communication); wireless; not using wires
investigator (usu. of criminal cases)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
police officer; policeman; policewoman
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
clothes (that one is wearing); wearing clothes
(police) detective; criminal matter
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
operation scar; scar from an operation
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
plate (often as in "tectonic plate")
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
announcer; presenter; broadcaster; in-house television talent who does on-location fluff pieces for variety shows
second day of the month; two days
grove of miscellaneous trees; copse; coppice; thicket
discovery; detection; finding
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit