library; book collection; paperback book
a gathering of many beautiful women (talented people); simultaneous emergence of many talents and achievements; (lit.) hundred flowers blooming in profusion
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
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
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
table of contents; contents
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
maid cafe; cafe with waitresses dressed in cute maid costumes
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
coincident with; while; simultaneously
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
to lean against; to set against
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
naginata; polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive); naginata; martial art of wielding the naginata
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 seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
insolent fellow; rude fellow
bedroom; bedchamber; (arch.) roost; (arch.) nest
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
disorder; confusion; violence; outrage; riot