more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
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
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
mask; disguise; guise; mask
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
broadcast(ing) satellite; BS; satellite television
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
Parent-Teacher Association; PTA
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
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 be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
number one; first; best; most; game; round
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
father; dad; husband; you; he
vice president (of a club or organization, organisation)