love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
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 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 come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
view of marriage; outlook on marriage; attitude towards marriage
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
not necessarily so; is not always true
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
searching for a marriage partner; marriage hunting; activities leading to marriage (e.g. dating, courtship)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
straying; wandering off course
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
myself; yourself; I; me; you
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
slightly (blushing); suddenly (getting bright, flaring up, flashing on, etc.); distractedly
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
high (e.g. spirits); merry; high; high (i.e. feeling of extreme pleasure)
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
sexual desire; sex drive; lust
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
possessiveness; desire to monopolize (monopolise); desire for control
to want something desperately; to want something (so badly one can taste it)
hungry (e.g. for success)
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.
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise