one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
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 do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
please (give me); please (do for me)
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
to make; to manufacture; to build; to construct; to prepare; to get ready; to dress (oneself in)
end; conclusion; last; final; once ...; the moment ... (, that's it)
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
good; goodness; right; virtue
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
mercy; compassion; clemency; rufous hawk-cuckoo; northern hawk-cuckoo
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
right and wrong; good and evil
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
therefore; thus; well, then ...; that's right; indeed; (arch.) ... on earth?