order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface
light; faint; pale; fleeting
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
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
fixed paper-enclosed lantern; paper-covered wooden stand housing an (oil) lamp
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
leading player; prima donna; box-office star; best item one has (to show); one's sole Sunday best; one's single area of expertise
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
leading figure; influential figure; mogul
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
adds force or indicates command
than; from; out of; except; but; more
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
winding; meandering; sinuous; zigzag
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
edge or corner of a stone
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped