to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
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
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
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.
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing
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
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
considerably; fairly; quite
as a child; when one was a child
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to