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
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
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 drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
in that way; thus; so; so?
(arch.) to spin; (arch.) to revolve; to be dizzy; to feel faint; to bustle about
quickly; briefly; rashly; carelessly; (flowing) in trickles
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
cutlet (usu. crumbed and fried)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
leather shoes; leather boots
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
while; during; while; although; all; both
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
elder sister; effeminate man
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
after that; afterwards; thereafter
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
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)
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence