order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
incremental; step-by-step; gradual; stepwise
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
parallel world; parallel universe
ramification; branching off
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
resemblance; similarity; analogy
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
astringency; constriction; collecting (e.g. opinions); putting together; extraction (of taxes); convergence (of light); convergence
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
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 hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
though; notwithstanding; although
another; different; separate; discrete
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
that; the matter in question
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
resonance; sympathy (with a view, idea, etc.)
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
discovery; detection; finding
few decades; many decades; several decades
cooperation; collaboration