library; book collection; paperback book
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
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
black magic; sorcery; magic tricks; juggling
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
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
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
accompanying; being accompanied by; going with
elopement; running away with a lover
most ominous; most sinister; most atrocious; most evil
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
family; members of a family
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
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.
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
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.)
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella