advertising department; public relations department; PR department
Ladies and Gentlemen!; all of you; everyone
main text; original text; this book; this volume
next volume (of a book, comic, etc.)
nice to see you; good morning; good evening; adieu; farewell; bon voyage
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
author; writer; novelist; artist
work; business; company; study
university student; college student
joint together; opposite; facing
timetable (esp. a weekly school timetable); schedule
underpopulation; low population density; depopulation
it's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; they to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; inadequate ideas are worse than none at all
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
residing; living; dwelling
cherry tree; cherry blossom; light pink; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder
day and night; around the clock; always; constantly
schoolyard; school playground; school grounds; campus
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
iron rod; iron bar; iron club; horizontal bar (gymnastics)
(playground) slide; (ship) launching platform; sliding ways; slipway
jungle gym; monkey bars; climbing frame
school building; schoolhouse
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
as much as possible; unbeatably; unsurpassably
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
to carry over (an issue, decision, work, etc.); to carry forward; to put off; to postpone; to defer
things to do; must-do items; one's duty; what is required
(any) particular; special; material; perceptible; noticeable
to play a leading role; to play a central part
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
practical; actual; de facto; in essence; in all but name
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
commander; commanding officer; CO