preface; foreword; introduction; beginning; start
Sleeping Beauty; Thorn Princess; Briar Rose
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
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 lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
long (time that has passed); old (story)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
to grow up; to become an adult
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
myself; yourself; I; me; you
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to rule; to govern; to reign over; to subdue; to suppress; to quell
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
to level (earth); to cut through (a mountain); to split (the opposition); to break (strike)