chapter one; first chapter
summer vacation; summer holiday
summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
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
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
being incident to; being accompanied by; being collateral with; being attached to
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
after school (at the end of the day)
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
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