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
intercalary month (lunar calendar); leap month
ge (ancient Chinese dagger-axe)
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
eighth day of the month; eight days
opening ceremony (of the school term)
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
educational institution; school; academy; campus
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
ninth day of the month; nine days
private message; PM; post-meridiem; afternoon; project manager; product manager; particulate matter
tenth day of the month; ten days
eleventh day of the month; eleven days
twelfth day of the month; twelve days
thirteenth day of the month; thirteen days
brother complex; excessive attachment to one's brother; black contemporary (music)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
student accommodation; student dormitory
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
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
unworthy (of one's father, teacher, etc.); I; me; incompetent; unskilled; (arch.) unfortunate
stiff and slackless; tense without any looseness; cling tightly; pulled or stretched as far as possible; creaking of a door or oar
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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 raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others