illustration appearing in the first pages of a publication; frontispiece
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
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
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
without exaggeration; truthful; factual
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
should; must; -able; probably; likely
inborn nature; genuine; intrinsic; essential
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; demon; devil
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
it is not (like that) either
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane