prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
(cute) suffix for familiar person; cute adjective form
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
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
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 hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
maze; labyrinth; inner ear
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
educational institution; school; academy; campus
corridor; hallway; passageway
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
this spring; spring this year
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
senior high school; high school
annual (plant); first-year student
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
height (of body); stature
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about