river; stream; River; the ... river
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
small stream; brooklet; murmuring (as of a stream)
laborer; labourer; blue-collar worker
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
adds force or indicates command
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
great depth; bottomless; great height
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
study; library; den; home office; reading room
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance