if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
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
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
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.
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
children's story; fairy tale
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
illustration (e.g. book); picture
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
without cause; without reason
to stir up; to poke (the fire); to beat (an egg); to arouse (interest, feelings, etc.); to stir; to stoke
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard
lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass
educational institution; school; academy; campus
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell