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
chapter one; first chapter
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 wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
this world; this life; world of the living
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
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
all; entire; whole; altogether
jumbling together; lumping together; mixing up
to use (in cooking); to mix (in)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
thirst; craving; thirst (for love, knowledge, etc.); hunger
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)