time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
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
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
ruffian; scoundrel; rogue; rascal; villain; hoodlum
poisonous substance; toxic substance
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
outside world; physical world
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
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.
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
cooperative body; cooperative system; collective; community
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
courier; smuggler; carrier (e.g. of illegal drugs); trafficker
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker