nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
it's been a long time; long time no see
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
innumerably; countlessly; (lit.) as abundant as stars
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
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 hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
how; in what way; how about; questionable
don't you think?; indicates question
web edition; online edition
following (a precedent, former policy, etc.); continuing with; sticking to; observing
while; even though; despite
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about
original (written) work (i.e. a new novel, play, music, etc.); newly written work; specially written work; writing (a new work) specially (for a publication, film, exhibition, etc.)
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
on the occasion of; at the time of
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work