hello; good day; good afternoon
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
superman; superwoman; Ubermensch (Nietzsche's ideal man of the future); overman
senior high school student
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to live through; to survive
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
buying and reading (book, magazine, etc.); subscribing (incl. free subscriptions); taking (e.g. newspaper)
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
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 deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
upper reaches of a river; upstream
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
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?