metre; meter; meter; gauge
radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
aeroplane; airplane; aircraft
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
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)
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
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.)
these guys; these fellows
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to force (someone) to take part; to take along unwillingly
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
crazy deed; unbelievable deed; the height of madness; act of sheer madness
that's the way it is; such is life
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
Japanese person; Japanese people