continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
American continent; the Americas
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.
discovery; detection; finding
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.)
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia); new world
to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
at that time; in those days
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia)
Bible; the Scriptures; Holy Writ
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
hometown; rural township (of China)
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
adventurous spirit; sense of adventure