prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
ume orchard; plum orchard; plum garden
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
three; three years of age
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 be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
income; receipts; revenue
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
to continue (going along some trend)
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
reform; reformation; reorganization
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
failure; mistake; blunder
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
if it is the case that ...
another family; another house
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
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.
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
possession; retention; maintenance
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)