まるでつい昨日のことのようにはっきりとあの出来事を覚えている。

quite; entirely; completely; at all; as if; as though; just like

just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; against one's better judgement (judgment)

yesterday

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

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain; to be exact; to become clear; to clear up

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

say; well; errr ...

incident; affair; happening; event

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.

to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember; to learn; to pick up; to acquire; to feel; to think; to regard