indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern; snot bubble
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
surroundings; environs; circumference
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.
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to collect; to assemble; to gather
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
observation; survey; watching
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
two classes; double; two sets
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
having special circumstances (e.g. problems, issues, advantages, flaws, defects, etc.); imperfect (merchandise); with defects