prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
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
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
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
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
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 drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
up and down, left and right; top and bottom, left and right
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
function; facility; faculty; feature
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
thought; consideration; thinking
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
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
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
myself; yourself; I; me; you
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
incoherent; wandering; vague; rambling; whimsical