dawn; daybreak; beginning
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
heading; headline; index; headword
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
accumulation; accumulate; store
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
amount; quantity; measuring; weighing
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
Iwanami Shoten, Publishers (publisher)
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old acquaintance; old friend; (a) regular
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
chance; opportunity; occasion
short sentence; short piece of writing (e.g. passage, article, composition)
to collect; to assemble; to gather
the person heretofore mentioned; that person
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
wood-block printing; publication
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
magazine published by like-minded people; fanzine; zine
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
is something that; is that which
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
deadline; closing; closing (a door, window, etc.); cofferdam
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
postcard; memo; note; card