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
emoticon; smiley; kaomoji
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
writing vertically; vertical writing
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
environmentally dependent; environment-dependent
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
in that way; thus; so; so?
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
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 die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to make an appearance; to show up