chapter one; first chapter
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
workshop; studio; atelier
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
ridge (of roof); back of a sword; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
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
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
ten; 10; ten years of age
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
two persons; two people; pair; couple
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
trial product; prototype model
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance