normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
hiding at all costs; desperate cover-up; doing one's best to keep (something) secret
will not do; do not; does not
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
final month of pregnancy; month in which childbirth is due
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
way; method; means; resource; course
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
marathon; long-distance race
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
February; second month of the lunar calendar
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
seventh day of the month; seven days
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to take; to catch; to capture
victory celebration party; victory banquet
don't you think?; indicates question
demonstrative of one's worth; worthy of one's reputation; living up to one's name; bolstering one's reputation; enhancing one's prestige; winning one honour
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
higher normal school; pre-war public school that trained male teachers
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know