preface; foreword; introduction; beginning; start
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
phew; whew; huff; whoo; woohoo
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
asymmetry; dissymmetry; unsymmetry
mask; disguise; guise; mask
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 attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
middle way; (golden) mean; moderation; the Doctrine of the Mean (one of the Four Books)
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
sorcerer; genie; human with supernatural powers
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...