very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
landing; alighting; touch down
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
plural; multiple; several
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
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
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
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 avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
area; domain; territory; field; range; region