prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
diviner; sorcerer; exorcist; medium
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
cosmic dual forces; yin and yang; sun and moon, etc.
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
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
national certification; national qualification; government certification
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.
acquisition; obtaining; gaining possession; purchase
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
being enrolled (at a school); being registered; being a member (of a team, organization, etc.)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to gather; to collect; to assemble
magic; sorcery; incantation
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
to be able to ...; can ...; to get; to acquire; to obtain
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
small number; few; minority
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
enrolling at a cram school
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
wherein; therein; thereinto
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
special; particular; peculiar; unique
technical skill; ability; capacity
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to have (something) innate; to be born with
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for