prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
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
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
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.
extinction; annihilation; destruction
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
war; fighting; fierce competition
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to claim lives; to cause deaths; to result in fatalities
calamity; disaster; misfortune
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
in that way; thus; so; so?
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
now; the present time; just now; another; more
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
reality; actuality; hard fact
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam
educational institution; school; academy; campus
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
while; during; while; although; all; both