business world; business circles; (the) industry
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
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
Easter egg; hidden feature
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
pupil in ... year; student in ... year
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
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.
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
computer; cyberbrain; digital brain
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
item; something that one "just has to have"
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
living thing; organism; creature; biology
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
those (near the second person)