original story (as opposed to a sequel, spin-off, etc.); main story; this volume; the movie (as opposed to the trailers; at a movie theater); feature film (main item in a cinema program); movie based on a TV series
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
knowing; being aware (of); (an) acquaintance
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
story; tale; talk; discussion
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
the times; the world; society
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
every year; yearly; annually
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
working adult; full-fledged member of society
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
now; the present time; just now; another; more
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
nothing but; except; no more than
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
first time; first innings; initial attempt; first; initial
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed