change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
honorific/polite/humble prefix
awareness; realization; noticing
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
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 ...
within the story (of a book, play, film, etc.)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
cloth; fabric; material; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
river; stream; River; the ... river
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (of a book); (one) complete set (of books)
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
voice dramatization on CD (usu. based on manga, anime, etc.)
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
time series; chronological order; chronology
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of
representation; agency; proxy; proxy; agent; representative
lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of 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.)
long work; (full-length) novel; feature-length film; long poem
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
magic; sorcery; witchcraft; magic tricks (with large-scale props)
home (of something); place famous for its ...; place of origin; birthplace; morning session; last session in the morning
one or two; a couple; a few; first and second (place); the top two
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...