first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
district of a town; city block (of irregular size)
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
selling area; counter; section; favorable time to sell; good time to sell
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
to be silent; to say nothing
stupid brat; son of a bitch
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 seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
to cry and shout; to scream
to speak; to hear a voice
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
very young; little; childish; immature
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
to rush over; to run up to
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
with a scraping sound; with a grating sound; with force; hard; forcibly (carry out); forcefully; hard (e.g. food)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question