primary school; elementary school; grade school
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
school principal; school headmaster; school headmistress
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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 think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, 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
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
closing of a school; closed school
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
reorganization (e.g. of a company); reorganisation; consolidation; scrap-and-build
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
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
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question