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
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
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
family; members of a family
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 kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
myself; yourself; I; me; you
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
father; dad; husband; you; he
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
victim; injured party; sufferer
assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
to tighten; to press hard
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
paper doll to which children pray for fine weather (usu. white, and shaped like a Buddhist priest)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to recall; to remember; to recollect
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally