preface; introduction; preamble
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
first day returning to work after the New Years holiday; first task at a new job; newcomer's first job
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
to be in disorder; to lie scattered around
disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle; disarray
book; volume; this; present; main; head
materials; data; document
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
many; numerous; various; large number of
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
scene; spectacle; sight; view
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
tear gland; lacrimal gland
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
cylindrical container (pot, vase, etc.); having no waist (straight body figure, not curvy); being stumpy; sleeveless (coat etc.)
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)