explanatory notes (at the start of a book); introductory remarks; usage guide (e.g. of a dictionary); legend (on maps, drawings, etc.)
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
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
ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
furigana; kana over or beside kanji to indicate pronunciation
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.
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
various countries; various regions; various provinces
topic; subject; rumor; talk; tale; story
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
title; subject; problem (on a test); question; counter for questions (on a test)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
translation; version (e.g. "English version")
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
classic (work, esp. book); the classics
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
meaning; significance; sense
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
is something that; is that which
author; writer; novelist; artist
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
work; business; company; study
technique; art; skill; move
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
Strange stories from a Chinese studio (by Pu Songling)
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold