chapter one; first chapter
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
senior high school; high school
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
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
summer vacation; summer holiday
right in the midst of; right at the height of
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
metre; meter; meter; gauge
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
luxury cruise ship; luxury liner
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
(swimming) pool; pool (billiards); pool (together)
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
opening and shutting; opening and closing
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
imagination; supposition; guess
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
amount of money; sum of money
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.