always; all the time; never; usual; regular
very hungry; starving; bowing repeatedly; kowtowing; denting; buckling
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably
to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to become sated; to become satiated; to have one's fill
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
at once; right away; promptly; quickly; right now; this instant
main topic; main subject; main issue; this subject
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
sale; offering for sale; putting on sale; putting on the market; release (for sale)
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
within the story (of a book, play, film, etc.)
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
main text; original text; this book; this volume
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend