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
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
binding (of a book); design (of a book cover)
prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
specialization; specialisation
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
book; volume; this; present; main; head
war; battle; match; game; competition
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; heat; primary
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
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
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
degree of difficulty; difficulty level
participation; joining; entry; adherence
right (to do something); authority; power
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 get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
wide area; wide view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-out view
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation