original text; source book; draft
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
multicolumn layout; column setting
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
proceeding to the capital (Tokyo)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
attempting to change one's image when one starts university
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
living by oneself; living alone
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
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
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
all sorts of; all kinds of
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
perfect; complete; flawless
script; screenplay; scenario
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
fighting windmills; tilting at windmills; mimicking a wrestling match by oneself (as a form of street performance, etc.)
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
Kaga (former province located in the south of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture)
bunch of flowers; bouquet