prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
Island; insula; island; islet
jinx; omen (can be a good omen)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
while; during; while; although; all; both
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
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 stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
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
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
off the coast; offshore; out at sea
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
stimulation (e.g. of an economy); revitalization (e.g. of a town); rejuvenation; activation
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.)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
amount of experience; experience level; experience point; exp; XP
archipelago; group of islands
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition