special; auspicious; happy; naive; innocent; good-natured
lucky day; auspicious day
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
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
many; numerous; various; large number of
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.)
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
offender; criminal; culprit
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
a long time ago; in those days
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
former boyfriend; ex-boyfriend
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
adds force or indicates command