indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
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 put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
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.
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
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
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
heeding; paying attention; bearing in mind
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to talk; to chat; to chatter
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
ancestor; forefather; foremother
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
greeting; a fine thing to say
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
it's been a long time; long time no see
honorific/polite/humble prefix
mother-in-law; foster mother; step mother
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become