counter for ships (large boats); counter for half of a pair (e.g. half of a folding screen); counter for fish, birds, arrows, etc.
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
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
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
together with; same; both; all; including ...
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
in succession; one by one
by means of; due to; because of; according to
occupation (e.g. of territory); exclusive possession
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
young girl; lass; adolescent female
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
guidance; lead; guide; primer; influence; connections
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible