prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
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
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
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 leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
midterm (mid-semester) test or exam
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
school building; schoolhouse
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
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.)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
time; hour; period; class
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
close; intimate; on good terms