preface; foreword; introduction; beginning; start
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
item; must-have; must-have item; (inventory) item; pick-up
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
limited time; limited-time offer
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
quest (esp. in role-playing games)
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.
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
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
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
workshop; studio; atelier
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
stock; inventory; having in stock; being in stock
check (pattern); plaid; check; inspection; check (mark); tick; checking (something) out
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 advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet; to post on Twitter
while; during; while; although; all; both