hello; good day; good afternoon
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
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
turban-like hat worn by officials in the Ryūkyū Kingdom
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
slight; minor; trifling; considerable; proper; decent
long work; (full-length) novel; feature-length film; long poem
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
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
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
honorific/polite/humble prefix
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning