if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
handsome youth (male); pretty boy
detective team; study group; club
body; group; party; company; troupe
counter for rules; rule; regulation
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
preface; foreword; preamble
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
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 say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
I see; that's right; indeed
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
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
place; room; margin; scope
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
wise saying; famous saying
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well