indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
timewise; temporal; chronal
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
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.
in its entirety; whole; wholly
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt
nothing but; except; no more than
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
in any case; regardless; either way; since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone