be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
don't you think?; indicates question
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
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.
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
sound of something falling
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
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
thirtieth day of the month; thirty days
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
remodelling; remodeling; reorganization; reorganisation
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
things left (to one) by the deceased; inherited item; estate; lost item; lost property
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies