childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
twenty-ninth day of the month; twenty-nine days
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
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
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
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.
imagination; supposition; guess
while; even though; despite
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
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.)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
common rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus); RAD
in this way; thus; such; uh...
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
adds force or indicates command
such; like that; that sort of; very
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
myself; yourself; I; me; you