self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual); having an active sex life
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
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 cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
rampancy; prevalence; domination
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
myself; yourself; I; me; you
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
comparatively; relatively
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
transcendence; transcendency
(in fiction) person changed into a vampire by magic
family; relatives; dependents; household
vertex; apex; top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; top (of a profession, field, etc.); summit