nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
it's been a long time; long time no see
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
(arch.) that is in; who is called; that is called; that is; I see
solitude; loneliness; isolation
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
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.
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
since; henceforth; ever since
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
new; fresh; new item (e.g. customer, regulation); newly created object; new customer
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
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)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
same; similar; (just) like; equal
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
serialization; serialisation; serial story
based on; built on; made from
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as