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
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
flag; tag indicating a future role or status for a character in anime, games, etc. (e.g. death, love, survival)
control; management (e.g. of a business)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
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
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
video game (played on a home console)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
within the story (of a book, play, film, etc.)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
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
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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 talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)