elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
table of contents; contents
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
middle of a month; second third of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month
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
one day; (on) a certain day
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
party venue; place for a party; banquet hall
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
library; book collection; paperback book
light novel; young-adult illustrated fiction
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
than; from; out of; except; but; more
general comment; Sohyo (General Council of Trade Unions of Japan)
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 receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
debut work; one's first work
starting field which contains the November and/or December 20-point card
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
turning a comic, novel, etc. into an animated movie or TV series; making an animated version
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice