middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
completion; accomplishment; attainment of greatness or success
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
three days and three nights
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
complete; whole; perfect; safe
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
educational institution; school; academy; campus
defense; defence; protection
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
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
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to recall; to remember; to recollect
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 erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
to concern; to be related
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
pupil; student; schoolchild