bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
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
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
world; society; people; the public
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 make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
to take someone's life; to kill someone
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
school principal; school headmaster; school headmistress
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
everyday; always; at all times; frequently
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
time; hour; period; class
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
such; this sort of; like this
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
going and returning (e.g. work, school); both ways
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
please (give me); please (do for me)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die