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
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
thirty-first day of the month; thirty-one days
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
tool; implement; means; furniture
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
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 make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
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.)
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
suffix for room numbers; suffix for apartment numbers
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)