chapter one; first chapter
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
something like ...; something called ...
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
mess; jumble; muddle; chaos
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
being dotted with; being scattered
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
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
change; changing; vicissitudes; fading; waning
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.
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
naturally; of course; understandably
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully