creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
to say; to be called; to do
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Ms; Miss; Madame; highbrow (woman); cerebral
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
masterpiece; best work; amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner
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.
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
Kuroiwa Ruikou (1862.11.20-1920.10.6)
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
in this way; thus; such; uh...
excellent translation; fine translation
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
the same book; the said book; ibid.
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
condition; figure; appearance; voice
technique; art; skill; move
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
considerably; greatly; a lot
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation