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
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
breath; breathing; tone; mood
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
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
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
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.
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
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)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
agreement; affirmative; aye; yes; OK
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
time; season; period; phase; stage
sports club (e.g. at school); sports department (e.g. in a newspaper)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
pupils who are not members of any school club; (lit.) go-home club
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon