to collude (with); to conspire (with); to make friends with; to get along well with; to become intimate (with opposite sex); to establish a secret liaison (with)
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
valuable; worthwhile; worthy; worth doing
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
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
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
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
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
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 live through; to survive
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
utmost limits; extremity; limit
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
creed; belief; conviction; article of faith
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
on one hand; on the other hand
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
heaven and earth; the universe; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
company president; manager; director
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
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work