war; fighting; fierce competition
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
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
principal occupation; core business
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
propagation (e.g. a religion); proselytizing; missionary work
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
eastern part; the east (of a region)
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
order of chivalry; chivalric order
leader of a delegation (body, party)
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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.
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped