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
pocket paperback size (approx. A6)
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
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
familiar (spirit or otherwise magical creature which aids a magician or sorcerer); familiar spirit
atonement; the Atonement (of Jesus Christ)
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
red ball; amber; (arch.) patent medicine; brand of sweet wine
talented person; clever person
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
one day; (on) a certain day
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
recall (esp. of an envoy or an ambassador); calling someone back; summons (home)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
senior high school student
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
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 search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
while; even though; despite
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
summer vacation; summer holiday
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)