chapter one; first chapter
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
master; Your Lordship; My Lord; husband
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
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.
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
to state; to express; to say; to tell; to mention
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
gossip; corner of the mouth
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
as (it is); remaining (in a state); with (e.g. one's eyes closed, the light on); while (e.g. standing, alive); as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); according to
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
goldfish (Carassius auratus)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
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.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
such ... as; or some such
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally