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
prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
notice; attention; observation
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
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 rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
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
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
royal capital; imperial capital
honorific/polite/humble prefix
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
conference room; council room
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
even though; despite; when
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.)
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
each; (arch.) you (plural)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes