house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
renovation (e.g. a house); redecoration; refurbishment; makeover; alteration (e.g. of clothes); re-tailoring
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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.
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
to behave; to conduct oneself; to act; to treat (someone) to (food or drink); to entertain (e.g. to lunch)
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called
reception (e.g. wedding); banquet; celebration; party
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
party (social gathering); party (group of people participating in an activity, esp. mountain climbing); (political) party
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
deputy head teacher; vice principal
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
attendant; valet; servant; follower
two persons; two people; pair; couple
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days