four times; four-colour process printing; CMYK printing
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
attribute; property; attribute; alignment (in a role-playing game); element (of an enemy or attack); type (of dealt damage); (character) type
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 take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
author; writer; novelist; artist
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
roulette-like street gambling; portable tape-recorder (used by reporters)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to say; to be called; to do
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called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.)
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
the same; the said; likewise
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
network; Internet; net (e.g. hairnet, tennis net); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
novel; story; (work of) fiction
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
winning a prize; receiving an award; being awarded
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
novelizing; novelising; adapting a movie, game, etc. into a book
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
writer; painter; drawer; skilful writer; skilful painter
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine