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
black magic; sorcery; magic tricks; juggling
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
banning of books; banned book
catalogue; catalog; inventory; certificate indicating an impending gift
seventh day of the month; seven days
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
supremacy (over a nation); hegemony; domination; championship; victory
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata
management; administration; operation
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
recitation (of a poem); chanting; singing; composition (of a poem); composed poem
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
noted family; noble family; prestigious school, organization, business, etc.
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
university town; college town
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
pupil; student; schoolchild
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
in unison; as one; united
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of