original text; source book; draft
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
multicolumn layout; column setting
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
angle bracket (e.g. <>); chevron
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
replacement; substitute; displacement; transposition; reset
annotation; explanatory note; comment
abbreviation; omission; outline; gist; plan; strategy
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
this world; this life; world of the living
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
fat; chubby; fatso; fatty; fat person
junior high school student; middle school pupil
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
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.
time; hour; period; class
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
imagination; supposition; virtual; potential (enemy)
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest