prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
duvet; bed cover; coverlet; quilt; comforter; eiderdown
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
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.
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
wherein; therein; thereinto
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to pour into (liquids); to pump into
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
father; dad; husband; you; he
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...