new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
serialization; serialisation; serial story
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
platform; home; home base; home plate
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
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
inside; interior; inner part
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
in that way; thus; so; so?
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
on the way home from work; returning from work
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
platform door (railway); platform screen door
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
need for caution; need for care; requiring special attention
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
without; but if; otherwise; or else