nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
it's been a long time; long time no see
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
innumerably; countlessly; (lit.) as abundant as stars
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
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 hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
spoiler; revealing important plot points of a story; spoiling a story
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
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
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
please be careful; please take care
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
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)
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
settlement; solution; resolution
heroine; female protagonist; heroine; heroic woman; brave woman
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)