president (of a society); chairman
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
next term; next period; next version; next release
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.
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
association; society; organization; organisation
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
senior leadership; senior leader; upper echelon (of power); top-ranking officer
12 signs of the Chinese zodiac
massing (of troops); gathering
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
management; administration; operation
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
leisure time; idle moment
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
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 ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
adoration; admiration; devotion
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
changing one's (public) persona; changing one's (public) image
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
touching; moving; painful
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
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
array; muster; line-up; full force
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
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...