it's been a long time; long time no see
one color; one kind; one tendency; being the sole mood, sentiment, focus of attention, etc.
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
cold; frigid; dignified; distinguished; (of an atmosphere) tense; nerve-racking
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
while; even though; despite
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
time; hour; period; class
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
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
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
society; public; community; social studies
work style; way of working
(opening a door) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) with a clatter; with a crash; (changing) completely; totally
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
occurrence; happening; incident; event
declaration of a state of emergency
by means of; due to; because of; according to
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)