time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Common Era; CE; Christian Era; Western (Gregorian) calendar
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
change; alteration; modification
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 plan; to form a plan; to scheme; to envision; to intend to do
time; hour; period; class
going upstream; sailing against the current
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
annihilation; extermination; (total) destruction; wiping out
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.)
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
sword; dagger; knife; bayonet
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
to unfold; to unroll; to open
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
each; (arch.) you (plural)
decrepitude; (being) rickety; (state of) falling apart; looseness (in machinery); play
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
how; in what way; how about
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
is that so?; I see; right; oh
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question