indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
please excuse the intrusion; I'm coming in
to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
one day; (on) a certain day
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
couple's ring; couple rings; pairing
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.
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
time; hour; period; class
to visit; to call on; to arrive (of a season, situation, etc.); to come; to appear
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
on the way home from work; returning from work
together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?