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; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. 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 (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
advance (into a new market, industry, etc.); expansion (into); launch (into); advance (to the next round of a competition)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
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
really; truly; indeed; very; extremely; terribly
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
original story (as opposed to a sequel, spin-off, etc.); main story; this volume; the movie (as opposed to the trailers; at a movie theater); feature film (main item in a cinema program); movie based on a TV series
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
honorific/polite/humble prefix
familiarity; intimacy; acquaintance
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
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; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
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; to come about
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
novel; story; (work of) fiction
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
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