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
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
World War III; Third World War
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
outbreak of war; starting a war
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to pass (of time); to elapse
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
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 hide; to keep to oneself
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
item; something that one "just has to have"
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
finish; finishing; finishing touches
plunge basin; waterfall lake; plunge pool; basin under a waterfall
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
to be found; to be discovered
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder