to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
honorific/polite/humble prefix
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
my book; my (humble) work; a little thing of mine
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)
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
collection of short stories; collected short stories
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)
to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to look forward to
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
... years old; age (of) ...
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
debut work; one's first work
teacher; instructor; professor
day something goes on sale; date of issue; release date
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
19th day of the month; 19 days; (arch.) fool; (arch.) simpleton
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
18th day of the month; 18 days
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as