hello; good day; good afternoon
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
don't you think?; indicates question
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
reincarnation; rebirth; transmigration; metempsychosis
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
soft to the touch (e.g. fur, feathers); fluffy; to stroke (something fluffy); to rub; to pat
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
decorations; offerings; mere window dressing
queen (consort); empress (consort)
(doing things at) one's own pace; (doing things) one's own way (esp. in an inconsiderate manner)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
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.
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
Shōsetsuka ni Narō (novel self-publishing website)
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)
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
novelizing; novelising; adapting a movie, game, etc. into a book
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
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
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
polishing (a piece of writing); improvement; revision; refinement
improvement (to a piece of writing or painting); revision; correction; touching up
scene; sight; scenario; setting