nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
newcomer; new figure; new member; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens
main text; original text; this book; this volume
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
familiar spirit; familiar
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
people; men and women; each person; everybody
collection of short stories; collected short stories
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
while; during; while; although; all; both
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
narrator; storyteller; reciter
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
light novel; young-adult fiction novel, typically illustrated in a manga art style
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
irregular; atypical; anomalous; anomalistic; abnormal
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
recording (in a book, the minutes, etc.); printing; including; recording (audio or video)
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
erroneous entry; misentry; slip of the pen; writing down wrongly (a sum, etc.)
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor