otome game; dating simulation game with a female protagonist and male love interests
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
mob; crowd of people; background character (in a manga, anime, etc.); mob (in a video game); non-player character
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
sale; offering for sale; putting on sale; putting on the market; release (for sale)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
about; on; regarding; per; for every
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to be worried; to be troubled
myself; yourself; I; me; you
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above
printed edition (of a book, etc.)
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.
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
good-value; economical; advantageous (price, deal, etc.); useful; helpful
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about