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
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
pounded fish cake; half a slice; half a ticket; ticket stub
prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
Island; insula; island; islet
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
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
championship game; finals (of a tournament); deciding round
match; game; bout; contest
form; method; system; formula
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
landing; alighting; touch down
ship's nationality; ship's country of registration
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
true state; actual condition; reality
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.
loading (on board); equipping; equipped (with); built-in
a country whose laws are based on religious criteria; theocracy
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
smuggling (people); stowing away
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary