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
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
angle bracket (e.g. <>); chevron
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
replacement; substitute; displacement; transposition; reset
annotation; explanatory note; comment
abbreviation; omission; outline; gist; plan; strategy
em; em quad (printing); full-width character
using horizontal characters in vertical writing
external character; user-defined character; kanji not included in the jōyō or jinmeiyō list; foreign letters (esp. of a western language); foreign writing
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
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
overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
silver; senior citizen; pensioner
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
mirror surface; lens surface
mission; delegation; transmission
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
bright light; hope; bright future; light emanating from a buddha or bodhisattva, symbolizing their wisdom and compassion
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
suddenly; all of a sudden
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)