concealment; suppression; hiding
prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
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
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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.
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
living thing; organism; creature; biology
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
desolate field; withered field
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
inorganic matter; mineral matter; cold; inhuman; robotic
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
general idea; concept; notion
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
two persons; two people; pair; couple
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
in that way; thus; so; so?
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.)
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
in comparison to; rather than
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
to feel; to sense; to experience
to come to an end; to lower the curtain
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well