hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to dress up as; to disguise oneself as; to play the role of
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
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
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to avert one's eyes; to avoid looking straight at something; to cover one's eyes
in the meanwhile; during the time
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
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 hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
contradiction; inconsistency
to be found; to be discovered
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
final; eventual; ultimate
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to make an appearance; to show up
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
while; during; while; although; all; both
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
myself; yourself; I; me; you