preface; foreword; introduction; beginning; start
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch; mage
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi); madder (red color)
dukedom; duchy; principality
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
young noblewoman; princess
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
valley; ravine; gorge; canyon
educational institution; school; academy; campus
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
handmade; handcrafted; homemade; homegrown
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
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 buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
foundation (institution); syndicate; group
(your) daughter; young woman; daughter of a good family
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
pointing out; identification
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
February; second month of the lunar calendar
11th day of the month; 11 days
student (esp. a university student)
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
one large ...; a great ...
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
(preliminary) skirmish; prelude; preliminary encounter; warm-up match (e.g. before a final)
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
start; commencement; beginning; initiation