library; book collection; paperback book
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
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
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
table of contents; contents
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
sky; air; ether; firmament; the heavens
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
that is to say; so that means
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
100,000; hundred thousand
farce; burlesque; low comedy
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 act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
still; as yet; as it has been
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
great fool; utter fool; complete idiot; absolute moron
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
second division; secondary division
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
people; men and women; each person; everybody
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)