black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
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 eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver
while; during; while; although; all; both
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
scene; spectacle; sight; view
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
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
door; gate; opening; title page
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
yoke; constraints; oppression
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
No Entry; No Trespassing; No Admittance; off-limits; restricted; forbidden
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
already; now; no longer; not any more
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question