indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; development; improvement
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
chief; main; principal; major
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
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.
mesh-patterned; webbed; cancellous; cancellate; reticulate; reticulated
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
state (of affairs); situation; appearance; look(s); sign; indication
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
town; city; municipal; urban
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to get someone to say; to make someone say
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to gather; to collect; to assemble
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual); having an active sex life
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on