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
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
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
negative; negative (e.g. thinking)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
making rapid progress; making great advances; rush; dash; onslaught
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 carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be torn off; to come off
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
acceleration; speeding up
research society; study class (e.g. religious); seminar (e.g. presentation of research)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
suddenly; all of a sudden
compound; composite; doubles (tennis, badminton, etc.); place bet (in horse racing, etc.); show bet
living; life; judo art of resuscitation; action; activity
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.)
disaster; accident; calamity; catastrophe
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least