year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
accident; emergency; calamity
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
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
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
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 memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
in the future; another day; later
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
most part; greater part; majority
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
in that way; thus; so; so?
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
is something that; is that which
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
holly olive (Osmanthus heterophyllus); false holly; holly; spotnape ponyfish (Leiognathus nuchalis)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber