whistle (sound made with the lips)
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
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
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
continuous shooting (photography); consecutive shooting; rapid shooting
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
Island; insula; island; islet
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
point in common; common feature
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
casualties; killed and wounded; human damage
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
construction; establishment
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
general contractor; main contractor; major construction company
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
construction; constructing; carrying out; work; formation; workmanship
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so