first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
light novel; young-adult fiction novel, typically illustrated in a manga art style
... years old; age (of) ...
first year of high school; first-year high school student
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
imposing stance; daunting pose
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.
glaring at; scowling at; looking contemptuously at; frowning down upon; domineering with a coercive look
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
level; standard; level (amount or quantity); level (plane); level (instrument); spirit level
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
now; the present time; just now; another; more
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
(member of the) yakuza; gangster; hoodlum; racketeer; useless; worthless
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to pressure; to put pressure (on); to press
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student; behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to be absorbed in reading; to get lost in reading; to be immersed in (a book)
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river