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
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
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
attractive face and figure
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
(a woman) being gifted with both intelligence and beauty
silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow
nickname; alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; other name
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 hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
three-digit number; hundreds column
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
educational institution; school; academy; campus
entertainer (esp. boy band or girl group member) whose image is manufactured to cultivate a dedicated consumer fan following; Japanese idol; (cultural) icon; idol; idol (object of worship); image
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to mark the end; to spell the end
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)