prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
summer vacation; summer holiday
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 be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
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 place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to shake; to sway; to waver
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
to make a mistake; to mess up; to make an error; to err
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
social game; social network game
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
second year of high school; second-year high-school student
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...