looking into distance; watchtower; distant view
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
myself; yourself; I; me; you
another; different; something else
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
I feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up