usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to sleep like a log; to sleep deeply
refining; refinement; smelting
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
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
night watch; fire watchman
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 do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
physical work; manual labour (labor)
to volunteer; to undertake a challenge
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
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
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to use up all one's strength
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
to scrape out; to rake out (e.g. ashes); to bail out (e.g. water)
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to crouch; to squat; to cower
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
will; desire; ambition; urge (e.g. creative urge)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen