first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
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
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
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 defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge; to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
glazing; fitting with glass; transparency; openness; lack of secrecy
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to slide into; to slip into
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
fraction; odd sum; odd money; small change; (arch.) low class female servant
although; though; despite the fact that ...
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
cloud of dust (sand, etc.)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell