description; expression (in words); qualification (e.g. of a noun with an adjective); form; figure; appearance
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
plural; multiple; plural (number)
to suspend (from); to hang (down); to dangle
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
light; bright; bright (colour); cheerful; bright; bright (future, prospects, etc.); rosy
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
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 shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); wall (of stones)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
(made of) stone; stone-built
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
early winter; tenth month of the lunar calendar
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
in these times; in times like these; the season being what it is
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to grow cold; to get chilly; to cool down
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full; at a maximum
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
crowded; packed; crammed; cramped; filled; overflowing
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others