today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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 visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
that is to say; so that means
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
infancy; childhood; tender age
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
in that way; thus; so; so?
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
entering school; school attendance
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
beginning; outset; first; onset
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
something like ...; something called ...
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
wisdom; intellectual power; intelligence; mental capacity; brains
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance