villainess; antagonist young lady
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around
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 take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
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
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to say; to be called; to do
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
Shōsetsuka ni Narō (novel self-publishing website)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.)
short story; short film; short poem
in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but
long work; (full-length) novel; feature-length film; long poem
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to clamour; to crowd; to jostle
Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
synthesis; combination; general; combined; synthesis; colligation
ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
first place; first rank; units position (of a number)
to leap out (e.g. onto the stage); to spring out; to jump (e.g. into first place); to shoot (e.g. to the top); to come to the forefront
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
abrupt plot change; unexpected story development; story development from out of left field
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
novelizing; novelising; adapting a movie, game, etc. into a book
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
turning a film, novel, etc. into a manga
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
such ... as; or some such
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
society; the world; the times
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing