prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
corridor; hallway; passageway
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
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
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.
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
while; during; while; although; all; both
to talk to oneself; to mutter
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
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
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
two persons; two people; pair; couple
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
to crouch; to squat; to cower
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
God; god; ace; king; superior person
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
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.)