riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
young nobleman; scion of a noble family; princely young man; man with an aristocratic air
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
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 eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
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
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
impact; shock; impulse; (psychological) shock
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
homeless; homeless person
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful
real estate agent; realtor
secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method
now; the present time; just now; another; more
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)