it's been a long time; long time no see
friend; affection (for siblings)
cannabis (Cannabis sativa); hemp (plant); hemp (fiber); linen; flax
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
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.
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; paw!; shake!
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
privilege; special favor; special favour; benefit; prerogative; perk
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to perform some process; to apply some treatment; to revise; to correct
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
collection of short stories; collected short stories
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
area; region; district; locality
by means of; due to; because of; according to
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")