first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
school district; school area
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
morning assembly; morning gathering; morning meeting
school principal; school headmaster; school headmistress
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
junior high school student; middle school pupil
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
traffic safety; driving safety; road safety
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
pupil; student; schoolchild
in that manner; like that
serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
long ago; already; a long time ago
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
that day; the very same day
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to head towards; to direct one's steps to
library (usu. single-room); small library
newspaper story (article, account)
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick