translation; version (e.g. "English version")
order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface
main text; original text; this book; this volume
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
one's chief (literary) work; main work
principle; theory; fundamental truth
seven-to-three ratio; 70-30 split; 70-30 hair part; hairstyle with hair parted in a 70-30 ratio
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
infancy; childhood; tender age
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
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.)
practical; realistic; pragmatic
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
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 receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
study; pursuit of knowledge
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
United Kingdom; Britain; English (language)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
school education; formal education
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
... years old; age (of) ...
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)