I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
clearly; brightly; cleanly; purely
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to long for; to yearn for; to hanker after; to be attracted by; to be drawn to; to aspire to
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
nothing but; except; no more than
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
forever; eternally; for good; as long as one likes; indefinitely; endlessly
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to be born; to come into the world
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
older sister; lass; young lady
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
on the road; on the street; in the street; on the way
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
after school (at the end of the day)
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem