pirate; sea robber; buccaneer; freebooter
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
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
pothunting; bounty hunting; pothunter; bounty hunter
inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage
historic ruins (remains, relics); archeological site
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
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 give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
special; particular; peculiar; unique
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
galactic empire (in science fiction)
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding