that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above
to have a talk; to tell a story
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
inadvertently; for no special reason; truthfully; unexpectedly; after realizing; without knowing
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to desire; to want; to expect (of someone); to hope for; to see; to command (a view of)
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
then; well; so; well then
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
heroine; female protagonist; heroine; heroic woman; brave woman
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
how should I know?; don't ask me
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
story; tale; talk; discussion
spoiler; revealing important plot points of a story; spoiling a story
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to lay (something) face down; to place upside down; to point downwards (one's eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (one's eyes); to lay (oneself) face down; to lie face down; to conceal
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
voice dramatization on CD (usu. based on manga, anime, etc.)
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
notice; notification; announcement; disclosure; declaration
to have the privilege of doing
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
reality; actuality; hard fact
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality