preface; foreword; preamble
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
indeed; really; truly; very much
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
writing; composition; essay; sentence
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to perform some process; to apply some treatment; to revise; to correct
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
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
serialization; serialisation; serial story
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...
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
multiplication table; times table
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
(any) particular; special; material; perceptible; noticeable
concept; general idea; notion; intention; aim; design
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
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.)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing