year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
shutting oneself in (one's room, etc.); barricading oneself in (a fort, etc.) while being besieged; holing up (in a building)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire
by means of; due to; because of; according to
dying at one's post; being killed in the line of duty
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
one meaning; primary importance; primary significance; a reason; a truth
emergency deployment (police, etc.); emergency posting
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
complete failure; debacle; fiasco; disaster
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 get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
place surrounded by walls; (within) prison
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
carefree; relaxed; comfortable; at one's ease
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to make a living; to earn a livelihood; to spend one's time (doing); to pass one's days (doing)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
redoing; doing over again
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")