materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
wherein; therein; thereinto
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
author; writer; novelist; artist
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
such; like that; that sort of; very
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
reference; example; inquiry (about a product, business deal, etc.); enquiry; being summoned to appear to court; witness
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
beautiful passage of literature
that is to say; so that means
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
reason; cause; circumstances
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
the others; the remainder
from ... to; between ... and; or
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
devoted; loyal; true; faithful
acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason
Japanese fiber banana (Musa basjoo)
to play a leading role; to play a central part
Genroku era (1688.9.30-1704.3.13)
prime of life; era of national prosperity
one's person; around one's person
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)