creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual
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
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
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 escape from; to get out
(some) more; even more; longer; further
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
mask; disguise; guise; mask
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
original story; original version; this volume
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
honorific/polite/humble prefix
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
while; even though; despite
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important