indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
notebook; memorandum; commonplace book
Nisio Isin (1981-; novelist, manga author, and screenplay writer)
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
ebook; e-book; electronic book; digital book
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
check (against); collation (with); comparison; verification
external character; user-defined character; kanji not included in the jōyō or jinmeiyō lists; foreign letters (esp. of a Western language); foreign writing
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
introduction; presentation; referral; showcase (of a product)
taking leave (of a visited place); leaving; going home; leaving one's employment; quitting one's job; being dismissed
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
inside this; in this; in here; among these; of this group; out of these
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
section chief; laboratory manager; office head; room monitor
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
angry voice; one's voice when shouting with anger
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
name; given name; first name
very low frequency sound; heavy bass sound; low-register sound
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew