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; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
furigana; kana printed above or next to 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.
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
various countries; various regions; various provinces
topic; subject; rumor; talk; tale; story
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; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
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 the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
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; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
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
to decide; to determine; to resolve; to break and overflow (e.g. levee); to collapse; to give way
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
to do; to commit; to carry out; to bring about
deed; act; work; performance
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
Strange stories from a Chinese studio (by Pu Songling)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
main point; gist; essentials; bones (e.g. of an idea); pith
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
very; very much; greatly; considerably; highly; exceedingly