grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
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
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
beginning (of writing); opening passage (sentence, paragraph, etc.); written claim; bill
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
feeling (much) obliged; being (very) grateful; feeling sorry (for troubling someone); feeling ashamed (e.g. of an error); (arch.) shrinking back in fear
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
wholly (due to); entirely; solely; earnestly; intently; sincerely
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around
celebration (of a joyous occasion); blessing; giving one's blessing; blessing (from God)
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
story; tale; talk; discussion
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...