establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
Common Era; CE; Christian Era; Western (Gregorian) calendar
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
impossible; unlikely; improbable
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
birth; creation; formation
to name; to call; to christen; to term
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
twelfth day of the month; twelve days
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
having no memory of (having done something); having nothing to do with; having no knowledge of; knowing nothing about
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days
outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence
expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago