serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
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.
the last moment; the very end
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
one or two; a couple; a few; first and second (place); the top two
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
January; first month of the lunar calendar
almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime
turning a film, novel, etc. into a manga
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
Yomiuri (newspaper, etc. group); kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper); yomiuri
middle and high-school students
serialization; serialisation; serial story
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
people; (all) persons; everyone; (arch.) you (usu. plural)
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
first generation; founder
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)