original text; source book; draft
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
multicolumn layout; column setting
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
boldface; bold-type; thick characters
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though
educational institution; school; academy; campus
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
student in a higher grade; upperclassman
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
literary club (e.g. at school); literary section (e.g. newspaper)
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark