actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
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
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
victim; injured party; sufferer
man; male; masculine gender
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
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.
thorough; exhaustive; complete
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
(police) detective; criminal matter
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
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 be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
how; in what way; how about
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
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
police; police officer; police station
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work