it's been a long time; long time no see
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; second-year kindergarten student
fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
aptitude; aptness; suitability
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
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 continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
monthly publication; monthly issue
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
turning a film, novel, etc. into a manga
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
perusal; one reading; reading through (once)
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
novel; story; (work of) fiction
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to be somewhat different (from before, from others, etc.)
suffix for familiar person
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor