order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
control; management (e.g. of a business)
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
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
affidavit; deposition; testimony
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
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be needed; to be wanted
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
really; truly; indeed; good grief
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
beginning; outset; first; onset
kitchen waste; food scraps; raw garbage
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank; grade (of quality, etc.)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
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 stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
so; like this; in this way
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
it's not like; it isn't as if
go that far; to that extent
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)