hello; good day; good afternoon
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
how; in what way; how about; questionable
don't you think?; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
same; similar; (just) like; equal
front and back; inside and outside; two sides; duplicity; double-dealing; being two-faced
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
three; three years of age
story; tale; talk; discussion
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.
third person; third-person reference term; term used to refer to someone or something in the third person
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
a little difficult; slightly hard; not feasible; not possible
way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character
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.)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
episode; anecdote; vignette; episode
to be too numerous; to be too much
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
how; in what way; how about
cooking; food preparation
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work