time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
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.
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
Cristina; Christina; Cristina (Brazil); Cristina (Spain)
to name; to call; to christen; to term
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
two persons; two people; pair; couple
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to consider; to eye the possibility (of); to bring into view
while; even though; despite
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
... years old; age (of) ...
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
primary school; elementary school; grade school
first-year student; first-year pupil; beginner; novice; annual; annual plant
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
same generation; one's generation