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
intercalary month (lunar calendar); leap month
ge (ancient Chinese dagger-axe)
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
twelfth day of the month; twelve days
private message; PM; post-meridiem; afternoon; project manager; product manager; particulate matter
student accommodation; student dormitory
moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
thirteenth day of the month; thirteen days
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
corridor; hallway; passageway
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
use; utilization; utilisation; application
beginning; outset; first; onset
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to be dispersed; to get separated
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
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
for a certain reason; owing to unavoidable circumstances
again; once more; a second time
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
two persons; two people; pair; couple
older brother and younger sister
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs