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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
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
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
redecoration; remodelling; remodeling; refurbishment
I; me; myself; (arch.) we; (arch.) us; (arch.) ourselves
come out!; where are you?
older brother; elder brother
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
publication; issue (of journal, newspaper, etc.); issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising an event (software)
feeling; sense; impression
couple; husband and wife; man and wife; sibling; brother and sister
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color
work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking
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.
change of title; retitling; changed title
free translation; liberal translation
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
on the occasion of; at the time of