raging fire; conflagration
drawing a sword; drawn sword
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
with a single flash of light; glitteringly; sparklingly; twinklingly
bright and clear (weather, sky, etc.); perfectly (fine weather); nicely dry (laundry, air, etc.); crisply (fried, cooked, etc.); frankly; open-heartedly
settlement; solution; resolution
all present; all concerned; all of us
start; beginning; starting (e.g. a race); departing; starting point
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
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.)
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.
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
deadlock; stalemate; standstill; hopeless position; lost game; zugzwang
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
to find out; to discover; to locate
method; way; manner; process; procedure; means
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that