prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out
company; corporation; workplace
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
conference room; council room
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
ten; 10; ten years of age
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to gather; to collect; to assemble
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
regular; ordinary (e.g. session of parliament); established usage; precedent; regular practice
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
break room; lounge (e.g. in an onsen); resting room
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 unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
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
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
materials; data; document
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
in the morning; during the morning
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.)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
custom; practice; convention; precedent
topic of discussion; agenda
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.