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
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
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
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
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 talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
desperately; for one's dear life
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
atonement; the Atonement (of Jesus Christ)
judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(starting) from nothing; from scratch
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation