hello; good day; good afternoon
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
collection of short stories; collected short stories
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 take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
magazine; journal; periodical
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
original (written) work (i.e. a new novel, play, music, etc.); newly written work; specially written work; writing (a new work) specially (for a publication, film, exhibition, etc.)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
recording (in a book, the minutes, etc.); printing; including; recording (audio or video)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
public holiday; celebration (of)
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; to appear on the cover of a magazine
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
each; (arch.) you (plural)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
inside story; the real story (behind something); story not generally known
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
talking about memories; reminiscences
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
a little; a bit; a small amount; a little while; a short time; a moment
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
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
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
story; tale; talk; discussion
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
short story; short film; short poem
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that