prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
after school (at the end of the day)
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
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
senior high school; high school
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
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 clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
hopping; skipping; lightly and repeatedly jumping
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
item; something that one "just has to have"
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
even the prosperous inevitably decay; sic transit gloria mundi; all that's fair must fade
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")