prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
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 wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
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.)
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
time; season; period; phase; stage
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
head of the student council; president of the student council
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to feel; to sense; to experience
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
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
high place; high altitude; heights; broad view
for work; for manufacturing
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
now; the present time; just now; another; more