comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
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
time; hour; period; class
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
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
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
autumn colours; fall colors; leaves turning red; red leaves; leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves; (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
acceleration; speeding up
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
winter vacation; winter holidays
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
extended leave; long vacation
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
imagination; supposition; guess
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
incident; affair; happening; event
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
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.