hello; good day; good afternoon
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
finally; at last; in the end; ultimately
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
bottom-tier university with low entry requirements
honorific/polite/humble prefix
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
educational institution; school; academy; campus
vertex; apex; top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; top (of a profession, field, etc.); summit
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
reigning (over a country); dominating; controlling; dictating
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
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 go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
beyond imagination; unimaginable
time; hour; period; class
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit