year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
(present) head of a family
appearance; air; mien; getup
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
as (it is); remaining (in a state); with (e.g. one's eyes closed, the light on); while (e.g. standing, alive); as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); according to
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
police; police officer; police station; self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.); busybody
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
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 do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
possession; ownership; Tibet; Tibetan people
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
bar; bolt (e.g. on door); double-arm lock; (rope) cinching
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about