indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
battlefield; battleground
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
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
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
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.
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
activity; action; occupation; business; sexual intercourse; sex
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
quiet; still; surreptitious
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
many; numerous; various; large number of
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
instant; moment; for an instant
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
one thin flat object; one sheet
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
society; the world; the times
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion