chapter one; first chapter
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; card; program
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
life; living; I; me; student
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
to fail; to mess up; to bungle; to screw the pooch
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
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.
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel; castor; caster
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
to rescue (someone); to save; to help (out of a difficulty); to save (spiritually); to redeem (from sin); to deliver (from suffering, distress, etc.)
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
3rd day of the month; three days
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
bowing (a string instrument)