first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
originally; by nature; from the start
such; this sort of; like this
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
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
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
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
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
gushing forth; bursting out; (lit.) like breaking a dam
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
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
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily