elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
pawn (chess piece); boing; sproing (e.g. sound of releasing a spring); flipping through the air; tossing
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
honorific/polite/humble prefix
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
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
incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar
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 take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
magnificent spectacle; thrilling sight; grand view
forward; forwarding (email); forwards; forward contract
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
shooting (a ball); shot (on basket, at goal, etc.); shoot (of a tree or plant); chute; shuuto; shootball
goal; basket (basketball); finishing line; Gaul
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China
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 stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
not bad; not half bad; pretty good
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo