painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
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
work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
gene; fanzine; zine; jeans
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
educational institution; school; academy; campus
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
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
magical powers; supernatural powers; spell; charm
calamity; disaster; misfortune
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
fortress; stronghold; citadel
town; city; municipal; urban
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more