too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
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 read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
remote island; solitary island; outlying island
archipelago; group of islands
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
book; volume; this; present; main; head
tentative plan; draft plan
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
this world; this life; world of the living
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you