silver (Ag); silver (color); silver (medal, prize, etc.); silver coin; silver general; bank; (arch.) money
feng (male Chinese firebird)
order of chivalry; chivalric order
starting (a machine, engine, etc.); starting (a project, plan, etc.); beginning; initiation
since when; from when; how long
don't you think?; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
featureless (face); expressionless; flat; flat (terrain); smooth
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
one color; one kind; one tendency; being the sole mood, sentiment, focus of attention, etc.
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
fair-skinned; light-complexioned
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
purple; violet; purple gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon); red gromwell; soy sauce
surroundings; environs; circumference
clear; precise; definite; distinct
contrast; juxtaposition; comparison; correlation (of strata)
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.
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
earth; ground; the solid earth; the (vast) land
to step firmly (on); to harden by treading
feel (of something); touch; texture; feeling; impression
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
faintly; weakly; dimly; fool; simpleton; dimwit
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about