prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
Inaba (former province located in the east of present-day Tottori Prefecture)
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
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 topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
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.
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
God; god; ace; king; superior person
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
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
imagination; supposition; guess
in comparison to; rather than
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
reality; actuality; hard fact
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate