underground; unconventional; radical; shady
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
one day; (on) a certain day
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
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
journal; magazine; periodical
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 take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
article; news story; report; account
readers' column; letters to the editor section
publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)
letter; missive; note; mail
one-by-one; separately; in detail
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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.)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to recall; to remember; to recollect
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count