chapter one; first chapter
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
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
to be found; to be discovered
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
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.
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
door; gate; opening; title page
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
polar; poral (type of 'summer' fabric with large 'pores')
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
hooray; yay; whee; yowzer; whoopee; yes
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
historic ruins (remains, relics); archeological site
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
to bury; to embed; to implant
in that way; thus; so; so?
now; the present time; just now; another; more