illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
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
to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
time; hour; period; class
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
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.
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to coagulate; to curdle; to be fanatical; to be obsessed with; to stiffen; to become stiff
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
in comparison to; rather than
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
important; momentous; essential; principal; major