creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
this occasion; at this time; now
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
otome game; dating simulation game with a female protagonist and male love interests
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
mob; crowd of people; background character (in a manga, anime, etc.); mob (in a video game); non-player character
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
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.
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
novel; story; (work of) fiction
Shōsetsuka ni Narō (novel self-publishing website)
at; in; at; when; by; with
contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.)
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
web edition; online edition
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
how; in what way; how about; questionable
don't you think?; indicates question
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
writing; composition; essay; sentence
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
to perform some process; to apply some treatment; to revise; to correct
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
outline; summary; gist; basic points
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon