chapter one; first chapter
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
Japan proper (sometimes excluding the Ryukyu islands and other remote islands); mainland Japan
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
at least; at most; (even) just
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
admission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment; enrollment; matriculation
opening ceremony (of the school term)
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.
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to let (something or someone) go past; to do too much
senior high school (esp. the senior high school section of a school that also encompasses other grades)
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)