indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
time; hour; period; class
to pass (of time); to elapse
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
victim; injured party; sufferer
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
very likely; very probable
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.
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
prime time (on television or radio); peak time
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
change of job; change of occupation; career change
correct answer; right solution; correct interpretation; right decision; right choice; appropriate judgement
for example; for instance; e.g.
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
rate; ratio; one tenth; ten percent; (comparative) profit; gain; assignment
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
decrease; reduction; decline
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; impulse
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
all out; like hell; like crazy; desperately; (lit.) expecting to die
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
student (esp. a university student)