spoiler; revealing important plot points of a story; spoiling a story
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to concern; to be related
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
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
if it is the case that ...
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
original story; original version; this volume
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.
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
very; greatly; exceedingly
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
extreme excitement; sidesplitting laughter
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
four-character compound word (esp. idiomatic)
laughing oneself into convulsions; splitting one's sides laughing; rolling with laughter
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
is something that; is that which
that is to say; so that means
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to feel; to sense; to experience