gathering of talented people; group of geniuses
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
library; book collection; paperback book
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
will; testament; last request
secret story; unknown episode
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion
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.)
firm; strong; solid; stable
order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
remains; corpse; (dead) body
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
peerless; matchless; unparalleled; unrivalled; unequalled; incomparable
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be badly made; to fail
woodcut; woodblock print; art print
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
to crush (with the weight of misfortune)
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)