prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
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.)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
in that way; thus; so; so?
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus
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
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 change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
to be able (to); to be possible (to)