succession to another's professional name
pond skater (any insect of family Gerridae); water strider
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
even if; even though; although one might say; although called
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
please (give me); please (do for me)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
(sales) promotion; (sales, advertising) campaign; campaign (for an election, social change, etc.); movement; (military) campaign
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to succeed; to bear fruit
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
month-to-month basis; month-over-month
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; impulse
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)
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.
chasing down; pushing down; deposing; connect-and-die; oiotoshi; position where, even after connecting a group of stones in atari, the group remains in atari and can still be captured without any possibility of saving it
business world; business circles; (the) industry