prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
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
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
place; situation; position; location
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
again; once more; a second time
infantry (in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force); general education curriculum
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
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)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
homecoming; return to one's home
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
human realm; world of humans; terrestrial world
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
originally; by nature; from the start
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
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 stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at