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 finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to pass (of time); to elapse
genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
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 call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
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; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
(sports) ground; (playing) field; playground; stadium
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 the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
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 ...-ed; to be ...-ed
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
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
attendance (at school); going to school
time; hour; period; class
than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above
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