prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
southwestern part; the southwest
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
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
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.
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
after the end (of something); post-
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
Rio; Rio de Janeiro (abbr)
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
troubled face; worried expression
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
royalty and titled nobility
to frame; to falsely accuse of a crime
to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
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
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...