illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
illustration appearing in the first pages of a publication; frontispiece
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start of a season
erotic; pornographic; obscene; perverted; horny; dirty
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
sexual desire; physical love; Eros (Greek god); Eros (asteroid); event-related optical signal; EROS
starting (machine, engine, car, etc.); activation
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
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 stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
horizon (related to land)
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
educational institution; school; academy; campus
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
genius; prodigy; natural gift
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
senior high school; high school