chapter one; first chapter
educational institution; school; academy; campus
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
riot; rebellion; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
head of the student council; president of the student council
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
concurrent engineering; CE
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
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 return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
headmaster; principal; dean; provost; rector
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)
a few seconds; several seconds
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
breath; breathing; concord; harmony; steam (coming off hot food, tea, etc.); (water) vapor
to breathe in; to inhale; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
doorknob; door knob; door handle
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
slowly and quietly; smoothly
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)