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
prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
group; party; team; squad; section
grave maintenance; grave keeper
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
helmet (of a warrior); headpiece
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
god who spreads infectious diseases; god of pestilence
counter for leaves, pieces of paper, etc.; (arch.) counter for boats
tension; mental strain; nervousness
woman; female; feminine gender
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
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
to jar; to creak; to grate
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
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 go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
sense of emptiness; empty feeling; feeling of meaninglessness