rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
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
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
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.
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
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.)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to be surprised; to be astonished
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
surrounding at a distance
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
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
now; the present time; just now; another; more