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Japanese Phrases for essays
| No. | Kanji | Hiragana/ Katakana | Romaji | Meaning |
| 1 | 初めに | はじめに | hajime ni | to begin with; first of all |
| 2 | まず | mazu | first of all; to start with | |
| 3 | 最初に | さいしょに | saisho ni | first |
| 4 | 第一に | だいいちに | daiichi ni | first |
| 5 | 劈頭第一 | へきとうだいいち | hekitou daiichi | first and foremost |
| 6 | 次に | つぎに | tsugi ni | next |
| 7 | 更に | さらに | sarani | furthermore |
| 8 | そして | soshite | and; thus | |
| 9 | その上に | そのうえに | sono ue ni | in addition; furthermore |
| 10 | 他に | ほかに | hoka ni | in addition; besides |
| 11 | また | mata | also | |
| 12 | 並びに | ならびに | narabini | both ~ and ~; ~ as well as ~ |
| 13 | 及び | および | oyobi | and; as well as |
| 14 | それだけでなく | sore dake de naku | not only ~ but also ~ | |
| 15 | のみならず | nominarazu | besides; as well as | |
| 16 | しかも | shikamo | moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet | |
| 17 | おそらく | osoraku | probably | |
| 18 | しかし | shikashi | however | |
| 19 | 既に | すでに | sude ni | already |
| 20 | その結果 | そのけっか | sono kekka | as a result |
| 21 | それにしては | sore ni shite wa | considering that | |
| 22 | それに対して | それにたいして | sore ni taishite | contrary to this |
| 23 | ため | tame | in order to; because of | |
| 24 | というのは | to iu no wa | the reason why is | |
| 25 | にしたがって | ni shitagatte | following; in accordance with | |
| 26 | にとって | ni totte | for; concerning | |
| 27 | によって | ni yotte | due to; because of | |
| 28 | 一方で | いっぽうで | ippou de | on the other hand |
| 29 | 全く | まったく | mattaku | really; truly; entirely |
| 30 | 全て | すべて | subete | overall; in general |
| 31 | 多数の | たすうの | tasuu no | countless; majority |
| 32 | 必ず | かならず | kanarazu | definitely |
| 33 | 急速に | きゅうそくに | kyuusoku ni | rapidly increasing |
| 34 | ますます | masumasu | increasingly; more and more (decreasingly if used negatively) | |
| 35 | 次第に | しだいに | shidai ni | gradually; little by little |
| 36 | 現在 | げんざい | genzai | nowadays |
| 37 | 確かに | たしかに | tashika ni | it is true that (but) |
| 38 | 要すると | ようすると | you suru to | in short |
| 39 | 非常に | ひじょうに | hijou ni | extremely |
| 40 | 要するに | ようするに | you suru ni | in short |
| 41 | 全く | まったく | mattaku | absolutely |
| 42 | 絶対 | ぜったい | zettai | absolutely |
| 43 | 誠に | まことに | makoto ni | absolutely |
| 44 | 〜によると | ni yoru to | according to | |
| 45 | 〜によって | ni yotte | due to | |
| 46 | 従って | したがって | shitagatte | accordingly; therefore; consequently |
| 47 | 事実上 | じじつじょう | jijitsujou | actually; as a matter of fact; in reality |
| 48 | だって | datte | also | |
| 49 | 結局 | けっきょく | kekkyoku | after all |
| 50 | おしまい | oshimai | in closing | |
| 51 | 終わりに | おわりに | owari ni | to finish; to end; to close |
| 52 | やはり | yahari | after all | |
| 53 | ようやく | youyaku | finally | |
| 54 | 加えて | くわえて | kuwaete | in summary |
| 55 | それに加え | それにくわえ | sore ni kuwae | to summarize |
| 56 | 最後に | さいごに | saigo ni | in conclusion |
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