thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
previous work; preceding work; previous title; first crop grown in a double-cropped field; preceding crop
Sleeping Beauty (fairy tale)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)
long work; (full-length) novel; feature-length film; long poem
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
debut work; one's first work
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
level; standard; level (amount or quantity); level (plane); level (instrument); spirit level
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
calculation; computation; reckoning; consideration; calculation; estimation
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.)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
original story (as opposed to a sequel, spin-off, etc.); main story; this volume; the movie (as opposed to the trailers; at a movie theater); feature film (main item in a cinema program); movie based on a TV series