book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
whole year; entire year; n-th year anniversary
commemoration; celebration; remembrance; memento; souvenir; keepsake
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
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 ...
to accept someone's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...
now; the present time; just now; another; more
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
of course; certainly; naturally
love; love (in tennis, badminton, etc.)
plentifully; amply; loosely; with room to spare; a good (e.g. two weeks, ten kilometres); a full
eye of a typhoon; eye of a tropical cyclone; person (or thing) at the center of a turbulent situation (who triggers change or movement)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to look forward to
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
while; even though; despite
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...