illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
distinguished service; meritorious service
prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
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
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
that day; the very same day
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
in that way; thus; so; so?
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
president (of a society); chairman
bolt from the blue; unforeseen event; complete surprise
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
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 begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
summer vacation; summer holiday
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
myself; yourself; I; me; you
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
living room (Western style); sitting room