breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
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
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
on bad terms; at loggerheads
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
such; this sort of; like this
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
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.
(some) more; even more; longer; further
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to discuss; to talk together
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear