prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
this world; this life; world of the living
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
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
invisibly; secretly; privately
rampancy; prevalence; domination
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
general term; generic name
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.
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
counter for generations; epoch
party; set; gang; company; person
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
this occasion; at this time; now
by means of; due to; because of; according to
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
how; in what way; how about
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
casting; cast-metal object
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
temple (esp. large one); monastery; temple building
to name; to call; to christen; to term