to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
hello; good day; good afternoon
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
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
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
tribe; clan; (taxonomical) tribe; group (of the periodic table)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
duty; function; office; mission; task
than; from; out of; except; but; more
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
agency; commission; reception (of guests); conveyance (of messages)
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 want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
piling up high (food in a bowl); filling (a bowl); heaped bowl
crucible; melting pot; melting pot (of cultures, ideas, etc.); state of ecstasy; state of fevered excitement
palace; hall; shrine; hall of fame
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
now; the present time; just now; another; more
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
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
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago