prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
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
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
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 be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
at that time; in those days
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to pass (of time); to elapse
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
surroundings; environs; circumference
collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline
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
thunderous roar; roaring sound
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
to cover fully; to wrap around
pitch dark; total darkness
alone; by oneself; on one's own
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
while; even though; despite
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale