prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
surroundings; environs; circumference
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 look around; to survey
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
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 spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
steel frame; steel beam; steel girder
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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.)
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person
to torment; to harass; to tease
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
while; during; while; although; all; both
to spit out; to eject; to dump
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
in comparison to; rather than
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
junior high school student; middle school pupil
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
don't you think?; indicates question