it's been a long time; long time no see
serialization; serialisation; serial story
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
short story; short film; short poem
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 hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
while; during; while; although; all; both
most part; greater part; majority
original (written) work (i.e. a new novel, play, music, etc.); newly written work; specially written work; writing (a new work) specially (for a publication, film, exhibition, etc.)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
absurd; unreasonable; rash; reckless; excessive; immoderate
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
from the standpoint of; from the viewpoint of; on; above; the best; top
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; anyway; as you know; for you see
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
episode; anecdote; vignette; episode
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
long work; (full-length) novel; feature-length film; long poem
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
considerably; greatly; a lot
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; being hard pressed (for money); the four and eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
each; (arch.) you (plural)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
magical girl (in anime, manga, etc.); girl with magical powers; young witch
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
time series; chronological order; chronology
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)