humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
how; in what way; how about; questionable
don't you think?; indicates question
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
this occasion; at this time; now
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
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 take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
nothing but; except; no more than
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to say; to be called; to do
one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to look forward to
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
being deeply moved emotionally; excitement; passion; inspiration; deep emotion; strong impression
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry