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
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
murder; killing; murderer
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
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
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
friendship; friendly relations; fellowship
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 raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
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
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement