mask; disguise; guise; mask
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
three; three years of age
occurrence; happening; incident; event
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
foundation (makeup); foundation garment; foundation (organization); underpainting (in oil painting)
president (of a society); chairman
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
ankh (hieroglyphic symbol for life)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning
secret; private; surreptitious
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
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 continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.)
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
myself; yourself; I; me; you
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
how; in what way; how about
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.)
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
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
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup
hills and fields; countryside
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker