prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
God; god; ace; king; superior person
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 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 save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
please (give me); please (do for me)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
chapel; place of worship (esp. Christian); place of worship (esp. Buddhist and Shinto)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to contract (a disease); to suffer from
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
in this way; thus; such; uh...
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.)
every (usu. with events, e.g. every weekend); each
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
honorific/polite/humble prefix
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
older sister; elder sister
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity