chapter one; first chapter
hey; yo; hi; yessir; understood
hey; yo; hi; yessir; understood
here and there; everywhere
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; courtesy visit (to offer condolences, say congratulations, pay respect, introduce oneself, etc.)
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; beautiful voice; woman with a beautiful voice
valley; ravine; gorge; canyon
educational institution; school; academy; campus
senior high school (esp. the senior high school section of a school that also encompasses other grades)
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
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
Hayato; ethnic group which lived in Kyūshū in ancient times and opposed the state of Yamato; man from Kagoshima
main; principal; chief; primary; major
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
Golden Week; string of public holidays in late April-early May
long ago; a long time ago; already
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
leisurely; slowly; soon; shortly; here and there; scattered
seasonal change of clothing; changing one's dress for the season; renovation; facelift; redesign
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
these days; nowadays; recently
promotion (school, military, etc.)
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
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 (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.)
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously