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
chapter one; first chapter
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
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
existence; possession; having; limited company
depression; low spirits; luxuriant (of vegetation)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to say it out loud; to yell out; to emphasize
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
originally; by nature; from the start
something like ...; something called ...
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
in form; ceremonial; for form's sake; pro forma
clear; precise; definite; distinct
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
it is not (like that) either
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now