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
outbreak of war; starting a war
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
chapter one; first chapter
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
dull; uninteresting; dry; insipid; boring; prosaic
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface
chikuwa; tube-shaped fish paste cake
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many