illustration appearing in the first pages of a publication; frontispiece
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
very popular; highly favoured
to win; to gain; to earn; to spread (one's name, etc.)
thief; robber; burglar; rebel; insurgent; traitor
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
knitting; hosiery; knitted goods
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
colour; color; hue; tints
sun (approx. 3.03 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
(with) broad horizontal stripes of different colors; unevenness
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
symmetry; balance; proportion; uniformity
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach