preface; foreword; introduction; beginning; start
now; the present time; just now; another; more
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
town; city; municipal; urban
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
duellist; duelist; dueller; dueler
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
declaration; proclamation; announcement
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
influence; effect; impact
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
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 hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern
mixed race; mixed parentage
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
tribe; race; group (of people who share a common feature); gang; tribe (taxonomic rank); group (in the periodic table)
lineage; pedigree; family line; birth
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); wall (of stones)
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
ring; band; ring; circum-
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute