prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
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
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
south wind tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of south wind tiles
castle town; fortified town
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
clinic; medical office; infirmary
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
to lie down; to throw oneself down
plastic sleeve (documents); sheet protector; clear file
to fan; to incite; to instigate
while; during; while; although; all; both
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
lukewarm; tepid; lenient; (arch.) slow; (arch.) stupid
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
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 dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
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)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
(period of) a year; during an era
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
kind; cordial; hospitable; serious (of an illness)
after a long time; for the first time in a while