prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
ten; 10; ten years of age
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
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
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
woman; female; feminine gender
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 overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to lay down; to wear (a sword, etc.) at one's side
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth