when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
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
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
war; fighting; fierce competition
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
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.
witnessing; observing; sighting
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
one of these days; someday; one day
shooting star; falling star; meteor; blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
now; the present time; just now; another; more
now; soon; already; yet; further; more