decorative black flagpole tassel made from tail hair (of a yak, horse, ox, etc.) or dyed hemp
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
declining birth rates; decrease in the number of children
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
maternity and gynaecology department (gynecology); department of obstetrics and gynaecology (gynecology)
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
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
dirty joke; blue joke; indecent topic; bawdy subject; sex talk
by means of; due to; because of; according to
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
to spread; to be propagated
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
government; administration
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
sexual expression; expression of sexuality; gender expression (role)
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question