prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
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
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
only; merely; but; no more than
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
apartment with one bedroom and a kitchen
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
now; the present time; just now; another; more
even though; despite; when
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
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 see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); inside the line; in; inside; enter here; enter
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?