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
seedling; young plant; rice seedling
to lose strength; to become weak; to wither; to droop; to feel demotivated; to lose interest
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to pass (of time); to elapse
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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 go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
these days; nowadays; recently
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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
sports ground; sports oval
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
club activities; extracurricular activities
life; living; I; me; student
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
morning training (e.g. before school)
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.)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
prohibition; inhibition; ban
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
attendance (at school); going to school
time; hour; period; class
in comparison to; rather than
considerably; greatly; a lot
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage