drop (e.g. of water); drip
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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.)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
setting off (on a trip); departure
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
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
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
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
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
adds force or indicates command
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
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
announcement of time; time signal; news report; newsletter
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
sales; selling; marketing
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.
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
Swiss roll; jelly roll; roll cake
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate