seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
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
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
octagon; star anise (Illicium verum); sailfin poacher (Podothecus sachi)
regular; ordinary (e.g. session of parliament); established usage; precedent; regular practice
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
time; hour; period; class
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
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
much less; to say nothing of
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
such ... as; or some such
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
attendance; presence; appearance
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
(period of) a year; during an era
(not) even once; (not) ever
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
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 protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
exactly; just; precisely; punctually; exactly on time