prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
being very busy; busyness
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
inn town; post town; post-station town
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
ten; 10; ten years of age
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
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.
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
cookware; cooking utensil
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
cooking; food preparation
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
nakiri knife; vegetable knife; cutting vegetables
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
single edge (e.g. sword blade)
all-purpose kitchen knife; santoku knife
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
carving knife; butcher's knife; cleaver; meat chopper