to be impatient for; to wait (anxiously) for; to eagerly look forward to; to long for
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)
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
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
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 freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
powder snow; powdery snow
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
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.)
(some) more; even more; longer; further
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
in that way; thus; so; so?
for example; for instance; e.g.
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
weather forecast; weather report
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
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
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
consequence; outcome; result; blame
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)