appendix; supplement; annex; extra (of a newspaper or magazine)
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.); collecting information; covering (an event, incident, etc.); reporting; interview (for a news story)
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
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 accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
mobilization; going into action; being dispatched; being sent out; being called in; turning out
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
suffix for familiar person
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal
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.)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
to spur (on); to expedite; to encourage
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
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)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
honorific/polite/humble prefix
(afternoon) nap; sleeping during the day; siesta
just because; even if; even though