owner (esp. of a business)
myself; yourself; I; me; you
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
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
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
by means of; due to; because of; according to
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
older sister; elder sister
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
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.
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
time; hour; period; class