original text; source book; draft
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
multicolumn layout; column setting
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
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
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
perfect; complete; flawless
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
Kaga (former province located in the south of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture)
to start an act (of a play); to have curtains open; to have an (event, period of history, etc.) start
two persons; two people; pair; couple
lovey-dovey; head-over-heels in love
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
intention; aim; preference (for); orientation (towards a goal)
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
bright sunshine; broad daylight
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend