advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement; trailer (film, TV); preview
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
to look forward to something
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
to have a talk; to tell a story
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
junior high school student; middle school pupil
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
pupil in ... year; student in ... year
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
firm-sided backpack made of leather, etc. (used by Japanese elementary schoolchildren, often red for girls and black for boys)
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
lost article; something forgotten
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
just because; even if; even though
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to be curious; to wonder; to marvel
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
opening; gap; dried and opened fish
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that