mountain river; mountain stream
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
as much as one can; as much as possible
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
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 hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
self-awareness; awareness (of one's position, abilities, duty, etc.); perceiving (something); taking in (a sensation); self-consciousness
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
had better ...; had better not ...
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
livelihood protection; public assistance; welfare
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker