original text; source book; draft
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
multicolumn layout; column setting
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
black magic; sorcery; magic tricks; juggling
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
banning of books; banned book
catalogue; catalog; inventory; certificate indicating an impending gift
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
seasonal change of clothing; changing one's dress for the season; renovation; facelift; redesign
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
university town; college town
surroundings; environs; circumference
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
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.
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
oval tub or tray used in fish shops
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
person with supernatural power; person capable of extrasensory perception
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
batsu game; punishment given to the loser of a game or contest
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
to show up; to appear; to turn up