indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
dōjinshi; magazine published by like-minded people; fanzine; zine
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
group with a common interest (e.g. students); club (e.g. company sports club); circle; circle (shape)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
while; even though; despite
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; (of a samurai) devoting oneself to (the defence of) one's territory
sales; selling; marketing
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
all sorts of; all kinds of
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
without cause; without reason
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
third day of the month; three days
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
home page; horsepower; HP; half-pipe (i.e. in snowboarding); HP (i.e. a 'hit point' in a role-playing game)
best; most (valuable player); top (quality); grade A; ace; finest
library; book collection; paperback book
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly