medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
symbol; code; sign; notation
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material)
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
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
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.
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
annotation; explanatory note; comment
external character; user-defined character; kanji not included in the jōyō or jinmeiyō list; foreign letters (esp. of a western language); foreign writing
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
marks or dots written alongside a word to indicate stress or draw the reader's attention; emphasis mark; guiding marks written beside kanji to facilitate reading of kanbun
place; situation; position; location
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
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
pocket paperback size (approx. A6)
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
familiar (spirit or otherwise magical creature which aids a magician or sorcerer); familiar spirit
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
talented person; clever person
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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...
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling
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.)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
senior high school student
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question