poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
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
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
ESPer; one who has ESP (extrasensory perception)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
high efficiency; high performance
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
(police) detective; criminal matter
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
duty; function; office; mission; task
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
people; men and women; each person; everybody
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 protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
continuation; succession; series
evening; last night; yesterday evening