library; book collection; paperback book
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
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
existence; possession; having; limited company
katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum); Japanese Judas tree
prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
after school (at the end of the day)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
attribute; property; context; character class, type, fetish, etc.
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 be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
sixth day of the month; six days
second-year student; biennial
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
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
ridge (of roof); back of a sword; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking