Golden Week (early-May holiday season in Japan)
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
during vacation; during the holidays; during one's break; (temporarily) closed; on break
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
Honshū (largest of the four main islands of Japan); Honshu
family; members of a family
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
cooperation; collaboration
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to put on airs; to assume importance
just above; right overhead
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
unclean; dirty; unsanitary; indecent; dirty (story, money, etc.); obscene
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
quotation; citation; reference
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
prevention; precaution; protection against