federation; federal state; United States of America
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; 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 (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. of Canada); continent; province (of Japan); province (of ancient China); prefecture
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
national; founded and run by the central government
research institute; (research) laboratory
full length; total length; overall length
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
now; the present time; just now; another; more
surplus; remainder; residue; margin; balance
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be based (on); to be founded (on); to be grounded (on); to be due to; to come (from); to arise (from)
creation; generation; formation; derivation
evaporation; disappearance (of a person); vanishing without a trace
experiment; experimentation
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
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)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
while; during; while; although; all; both
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to finish reading; to read through; to figure out; to fully anticipate
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
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