hello; good day; good afternoon
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
collection of short stories; collected short stories
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)
magic; sorcery; witchcraft; magic tricks (with large-scale props)
speaker; lecturer; lecturer (at a university or college); instructor; part-time teacher; tutor (at a cram school)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
recollection; reminiscence
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
editor (in publishing, etc.)
and (also); both ... and; as well as
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
here and there; this way and that way; everywhere; all over
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
original story (as opposed to a sequel, spin-off, etc.); main story; this volume; the movie (as opposed to the trailers; at a movie theater); feature film (main item in a cinema program); movie based on a TV series
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.
support; backing; endorsement; propping up; holding up; support
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
everyone; everybody; ladies and gentlemen
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
short story; short film; short poem
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
time passes; the days and months go by; the months roll on
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
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 ...