prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
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
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
imposing stance; daunting pose
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.)
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
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.
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
black ground; black cloth
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to boost; to force up; to push up
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...