demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
clothing; dressing; binding (of a book)
educational institution; school; academy; campus
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication
famous sword; sword blade by Masamune; sake; Japanese rice wine; brand of sake from Nada region during Tenpō era (1830-1844)
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
river; stream; River; the ... river
library; book collection; paperback book
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
myself; yourself; I; me; you
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
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
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
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 be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
accumulation; accumulate; store
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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.)
any more; any further; any better; any longer
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
clear; precise; definite; distinct
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to need; to call for; to require
this world; this life; world of the living