advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement; trailer (film, TV); preview
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
writing vertically; vertical writing
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
difference; variation; difference
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
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)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
cold; frigid; bracing; dignified
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
light; faint; pale; fleeting
strong-willed; strong of heart
long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
bare (naked) body; complexion (e.g. face)
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
glossy (e.g. hair); sleek; shiny; lustrous
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
fairyland; never-never land
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
don't you think?; indicates question