above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
metre; meter; meter; gauge
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
steel frame; steel beam; steel girder
crossing; passage; importing; import; wandering; wanderer; migration
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
final game; final games; the finals
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
all; entire; whole; altogether
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to turn over a new leaf; to mend one's ways; to reform
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
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 rescue from; to help out of; to save
please (give me); please (do for me)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
release (e.g. information); disclosure (legal); show; indication; display
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with