hello; good day; good afternoon
one color; one kind; one tendency; being the sole mood, sentiment, focus of attention, etc.
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
cold; frigid; dignified; distinguished; (of an atmosphere) tense; nerve-racking
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
novel; story; (work of) fiction
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
electronic book; e-book; electronic banking; electron beam; exchangeable bond
contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.)
Shōsetsuka ni Narō (novel self-publishing website)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
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.
revising (a manuscript); rewriting; revised manuscript
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
blooming late; flowering late; late-flowering plant; late-blooming species (of plant); being a late bloomer (of an athlete, author, etc.)
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected