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
university town; college town
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
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
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
extra-sensory perception; ESP; psi; psychokinesis; PK
development; exploitation
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
combination; union; incorporation; congruence
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
(school) athletic festival; sports day; field day
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.
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
of course; certainly; naturally
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
participation; joining; entry; adherence