ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
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
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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 hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
memories; recollections; reminiscence
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
one day; (on) a certain day
later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
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; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness