preface; foreword; introduction; beginning; start
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
honorific/polite/humble prefix
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
very early in the morning; so early in the morning; at this ungodly hour
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
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.)
commuting to school; school commute
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
to be puffed up with pride; to throw out one's chest
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
again; once more; a second time
magazine; journal; periodical
to look downwards; to lower one's eyes
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
Comic Market (semiannual self-published comic book convention); comiket; comic book market; comicbook market
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie