hello; good day; good afternoon
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
beginning; outset; first; onset
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
just to make sure; just to be sure; for confirmation; just in case; for caution's sake; by way of precaution
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; indeed; really
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
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.)
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
the "ma" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ma, mi, mu, me, mo)
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
entertainment; amusement; fun
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
buying and reading (book, magazine, etc.); subscribing (incl. free subscriptions); taking (e.g. newspaper)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately
original story (as opposed to a sequel, spin-off, etc.); main story; this volume; the movie (as opposed to the trailers; at a movie theater); feature film (main item in a cinema program); movie based on a TV series
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
finally; at last; at length; barely; narrowly; hardly
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
deep emotion; strong feelings
personal; individual; private
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
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 think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more