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
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
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
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 make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
police cell; place of detention; jail
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
apricot (Prunus armeniaca)
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
woman; female; feminine gender
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
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.)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
arrest; apprehension; capture
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
police; police officer; police station
portrait; likeness; picture
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)
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
genuine article; real thing; real deal
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement