(editorial) supervision; general editorship; supervising director
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; mine; colliery; owner of a mountain; operator of a mine
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
letter; missive; note; mail
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
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
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket
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 buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
examination of tickets; ticket gate; ticket barrier
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi); madder (red color)
impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to have guts; to be plucky; to have nerves of steel
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
so; like this; in this way
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to cross one's mind; to be reminded
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)