to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
difficult to understand; difficult to grasp; confusing; puzzling
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to be collected (of clams, etc.); to be gathered (of mushrooms, herbs, etc.); to be picked (of fruit, etc.); to be able to collect; to be able to extract; to be able to get
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
(doing) together; one lump; one mixture; the same; identical; (at) the same time
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
nothing but; except; no more than
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
liking very much; loving (something or someone); adoring; being very fond of
mineral matter; metallic property
ugh; yuck; ick; blech; damn; crap
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order