today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very
dream for the future; hopes for the future
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
... years old; age (of) ...
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
now; the present time; just now; another; more
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...