chapter one; first chapter
here and there; everywhere
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice
educational institution; school; academy; campus
senior high school (esp. the senior high school section of a school that also encompasses other grades)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
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
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
people who lived in Kyushu in ancient times, and who opposed the state of Yamato
main; principal; chief; primary; major
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
Golden Week (early-May holiday season in Japan)
long ago; already; a long time ago
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
leisurely; slowly; soon; shortly; here and there; scattered
seasonal change of clothing; changing one's dress for the season; renovation; facelift; redesign
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
these days; nowadays; recently
promotion (school, military, etc.)
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
ago; since; before; previous