prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
ground cherry (Physalis alkekengi var. franchetii); husk tomato; Chinese lantern plant; children's noisemaking toy
family; relatives; dependents; household
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
ago; since; before; previous
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
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
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
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 collect; to gather; to compile; to arrange; to settle
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
village headman (esp. in the Kansai region)
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
big landowner; great landowner; land baron; landed magnate; large landowner; territorial magnate
preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence
ability; capability; skill
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
(trend of) the times; current of the times; spirit of the age
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to go with the flow; to go with the times
by means of; due to; because of; according to
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
reigning; controlling; dictating
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you