serialization; serialisation; serial story
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
jack; knave; (electrical) jack; hijack; hijacking
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
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
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 start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
facilitator; programme director; steering committee (chair)
fletcher; arrow maker; fletching; arrow-making
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
book; volume; this; present; main; head
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
in order; in turn; one by one
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
group; party; team; squad; section
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
noted family; noble family; prestigious school, organization, business, etc.
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
those present; attendance
squad leader; group leader; team leader