prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
Holy City (e.g. Jerusalem, Mecca)
Japanese ash (Fraxinus japonica)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
Rio; Rio de Janeiro (abbr)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
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
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
reaching; attaining; arrival
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
black magic; sorcery; magic tricks; juggling
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
very young; little; childish; immature
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
don't you think?; indicates question
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since