chapter one; first chapter
dilettante; person of fantastic taste
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
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
birth; creation; formation
reality; actuality; hard fact
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
change in appearance; transformation
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 continue; to keep up; to keep on
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
in that way; thus; so; so?
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
homogenization (e.g. milk)
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
should; must; -able; probably; likely
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to be conspicuous; to stand out
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
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