very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
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.
tribe; clan; (taxonomical) tribe; group (of the periodic table)
reverse; inversion; upside down; unreasonable; absurd; wrong
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
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.)
all present; all concerned; all of us
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
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
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
to carry out one's mission
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
such ... as; or some such
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become