seed leaves (of a dicot); cotyledons; bud; early stages; very beginning
eighth month of the lunar calendar
prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
imagination; supposition; guess
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
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
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
myself; yourself; I; me; you
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
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.
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
elopement; running away with a lover
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
family; members of a family
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
how; in what way; how about
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
in that way; thus; so; so?
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend