chapter one; first chapter
morning fog; morning mist
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
scenery; scene; landscape
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
being dotted about; being scattered; being interspersed
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
cluster of trees; grove; thicket
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
hazy; dim; faint; minced fish or meat that is seasoned and fried
as if; as though; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest; really; completely
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to wake; to wake up; to wear off (of drunkenness, anaesthesia, etc.); to regain consciousness; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf
outside world; physical world
extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation; severance (e.g. of relations); rupture; breaking off
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
people; citizens; subjects; folk
to live; to reside; to inhabit
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
people; men and women; each person; everybody
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)