April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
4th day of the month; four days
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
height of; middle of; full bloom
as everyone knows; needless to say; obvious
new life; fresh start; new routine
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
senior high school; high school
admission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment; enrollment; matriculation
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
at the same time; at once; just as ...; the moment ...; (but) at the same time; as well as
living by oneself; living alone
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 start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
he; she; this; this one; hey, you!; you bastard!
Mackenzie (Canada); McKenzie
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
primary school; elementary school; grade school
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
(undesirable but) inseparable relationship
master; expert; mansion; large house; rich family; distinguished family
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
management (of a house, store, etc.); administration; cutting up and serving food; cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance