knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
well curb; well kerb; family crest design based on a square wooden well curb
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
number one; first; best; most; game; round
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
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
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
two persons; two people; pair; couple
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
selection; choice; option
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
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 walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
woman; female; feminine gender
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
glove (esp. sports); globe