year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
10th day of the month; ten days
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
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.
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
duplicate key; master key; passkey; skeleton key
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
sale; offering for sale; putting on sale; putting on the market; release (for sale)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
beginning; outset; first; onset
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
placement; fixed position; mapping out; location
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; full provision
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago