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
double circle (indicating "very good" on a piece of school work)
bull's-eye (pattern); double ring (pattern); umbrella with bull's-eye pattern
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
book; volume; this; present; main; head
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
one day; (on) a certain day
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
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
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be silent; to say nothing
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
school festival; cultural festival; annual open day school event showcasing student talent
drama; play; powerful drug