older sister; elder sister
character (in a play, novel, film, etc.); dramatis personae
first snow (of the season); first snowfall
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
third-year student; third-year pupil
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
underworld; underside of society
influential person; man of importance
cherry tree in leaf; cherry tree whose blossoms have fallen, revealing the young leaves
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
(undesirable but) inseparable relationship
figure; design; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design; plot; minor market fluctuation
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
nth-year student; nth-year pupil
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 yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to put on; to wear; to be clothed in; to be clad in; to be dressed in; to be wrapped in
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to put on; to wear; to be clothed in; to be clad in; to be dressed in; to be wrapped in
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
longed-for; anxiously awaited
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person