indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
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.
genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
racketeer; thug; rogue; bully; fixer
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
end; conclusion; last; final; once ...; the moment ... (, that's it)
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
long work; (full-length) novel; feature-length film; long poem
novel; story; (work of) fiction
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
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from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
time; season; period; phase; stage
wildness; wild nature; untamed nature; savage nature
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
serialization; serialisation; serial story
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
to warm (up); to heat (up); to sit on (an idea, plan, etc.); to keep to oneself; to renew (an old friendship); to take for oneself
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
while; even though; despite
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately