hello; good day; good afternoon
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
shellfish; seashell; shell
many; a lot of; a great number of; numerous
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
novel; story; (work of) fiction
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
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 take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.)
improvement (to a piece of writing or painting); revision; correction; touching up
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
how many people; a number of people
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
society; the world; the times