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
boldface; bold-type; thick characters
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
double circle (indicating "very good" on a piece of school work)
bull's-eye (pattern); double ring (pattern); umbrella with bull's-eye pattern
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
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
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 eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
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
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
one day; (on) a certain day
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
to make a list; to enumerate
piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper