library; book collection; paperback book
blameless; above reproach; beyond reproach; faultless; perfect
Suzuki Daisuke (1978.10.27-)
the ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
name; given name; first name
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
question; inquiry; enquiry
older brother; elder brother
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
to be relieved; to feel relieved
is something that; is that which
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
feeling of relief (for the time being); peace of mind (for now)
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
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
if it is the case that ...
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
such ... as; or some such
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards