prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
after school (at the end of the day)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
rest; break; recess; intermission
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
model; miniature; sample; specimen; prescribed form
in that manner; like that
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
instant; moment; for an instant
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
being startled; getting a shock
the opposite sex; isomerism
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
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
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 compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
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.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
such; like that; that sort of; very
feeling; sense; impression