indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
serious; severe; grave; acute
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
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Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
reaction; response; physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); reaction; effect
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
theatre; theater; playhouse
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
time; season; period; phase; stage
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
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 open (one's eyes) wide
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise