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
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
And Then There Were None (1938 novel by Agatha Christie); Ten Little Niggers
adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)
Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa); yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); printing block; catalpa bow; catalpa medium
Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa); yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); printing block; catalpa bow; catalpa medium
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
impact (of a projectile); landing (of a bullet); striking
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
in one's own way or style
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
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.
model; pattern; paragon; exemplar
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
happening; (unexpected) incident; unforeseen event; surprising occurrence
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
self-evident; obvious; axiomatic; self-explanatory; trivial
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
of course; certainly; naturally
municipal office; council; city hall
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
witnessing; observing; sighting
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to be surprised; to be astonished
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much