phantom; vision; something fleeting; short-lived dream; fabled item; mythical thing
hut; house; boarding house; residence hall; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
real experience; actual observations
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.
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
but; however; provided that
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (of a book); (one) complete set (of books)
character (in a play, novel, film, etc.); dramatis personae
as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); wherever (e.g. one's feet take one); according to
to have the privilege of doing
choices; alternatives; options
brain tumor; brain tumour
almost certainly; in all probability; ten to one; near-completeness; near-perfection; ninety-nine percent (finished, etc.)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
diagnosis; medical examination
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
certain diagnosis; clear diagnosis; definitive diagnosis
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
10th day of the month; ten days