chapter one; first chapter
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination
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
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 (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
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 (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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 sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
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
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to be aware of; to know; to notice; 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; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
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 (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to let something (or somebody) 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
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet