phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
hut; house; boarding house; school dormitory; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
library; book collection; paperback book
aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary
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
(person who has the) hands of God; master; virtuoso
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
real experience; actual observations
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.
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
multiplication table; times table
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
ago; since; before; previous
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
but; however; provided that
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
to have the privilege of doing
transactions; dealings; business
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
medical care; medical treatment
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
matter for the court; (ending up as a) lawsuit; legal tussle; court fight
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
settlement out of court; private settlement
choices; alternatives; options