nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to say; to be called; to do
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from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
electronic book; e-book; electronic banking; electron beam; exchangeable bond
novel; story; (work of) fiction
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.
myself; yourself; I; me; you
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
drama; play; powerful drug
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to; all of a sudden
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
novelizing; novelising; adapting a movie, game, etc. into a book
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
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
within the story (of a book, play, film, etc.)