prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
aeroplane; airplane; aircraft
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
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
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
after school (at the end of the day)
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
educational institution; school; academy; campus
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
depopulation; declining population
because of; owing to; due to
mainland; the country proper; native country; country where one was born; pure land; Buddha realm
noted family; noble family; prestigious school, organization, business, etc.
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
sports club (e.g. at school); sports department (e.g. in a newspaper)
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
female clothing; wearing female clothing; cross dressing (for a man)
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because