federation; federal state; United States of America
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
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
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 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
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
research establishment; research institute; laboratory
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
now; the present time; just now; another; more
surplus; remainder; residue; margin; balance
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from
creation; generation; formation; derivation
evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
while; during; while; although; all; both
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to finish reading; to read through
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
green light; (giving) permission; OK
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to