20 years old; (arch.) twenty
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
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
publication; issue (of journal, newspaper, etc.); issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising an event (software)
feeling; sense; impression
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
couple; husband and wife; man and wife; sibling; brother and sister
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color
work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking
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.
change of title; retitling; changed title
free translation; liberal translation
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
on the occasion of; at the time of
to translate; to interpret
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
writing; composition; essay; sentence
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
taking great pains (to do); making every effort; having a lot of trouble (doing); racking one's brains
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
while; during; while; although; all; both
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses