preface; foreword; preamble
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.
research; study; investigation
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
first meeting; first interview with
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
myself; yourself; I; me; you
occupation; profession; job; vocation; career; trade
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
archeologist; archaeologist
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
excavation; exhumation; digging up; discovery (of a new fact, talent, etc.); finding; unearthing
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.)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
to ask; to enquire; to query
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome
half joking; being (only) half serious; (in a) jocular vein
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
the world in general; society; convention
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
meaning; significance; sense
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever; to uncouple
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition