treachery; betrayal; perfidy
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
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.
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
ship's captain; skipper; length of a ship; boatman
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
gun; firearm; small arms (e.g. rifle, pistol, etc)
to turn (towards); to face; to head to; to go towards; to allot; to allocate
stone; rock; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); (round) game piece
mask; disguise; guise; mask
to be enchanted; to be charmed
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
conservative without party affiliation
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
loop; band; loop (in a program); looping (of a video, slideshow, etc.); repeating (e.g. of a conversation); time loop (in fiction); temporal loop
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryō system or Meiji Grand Council system)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
sign; indication; omen; symptom
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about