indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
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 (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) 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 sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
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; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
town; city; municipal; urban
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
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; and then
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; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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; 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