midfielder (soccer); medium frequency; MF; manual focus; microfinance
library; book collection; paperback book
moving into (a city, etc.); transfer (to a new school)
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
magic; sorcery; witchcraft; magic tricks (with large-scale props)
illustration appearing in the first pages of a publication; frontispiece
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
territory; domain; field; area; domain; region
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
novel; story; (work of) fiction
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
on countless occasions; many a time
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
now; the present time; just now; another; more
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)
unmistakable; evident; obvious; certain; beyond doubt
reality; actuality; hard fact
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)