library; book collection; paperback book
old man; venerable gentleman
cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)
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
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
parent and child meeting (with teacher for course, career guidance, etc.)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
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
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
mask; disguise; guise; mask
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
time; hour; period; class
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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.
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now