it's been a long time; long time no see
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
beginning; outset; first; onset
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
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)
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness
to say; to tell; to state; to do
how; in what way; how about; questionable
don't you think?; indicates question
happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately
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.)
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
episode; anecdote; vignette; episode
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
caricaturing; turning a movie, novel, etc. into a manga; making a comic version of something
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience