successive promotion; gradual promotion; graduated
to feel relaxed; to be soothed
scoreless (game or competition)
seventh month of the lunar calendar
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
inquiry; enquiry; hearing
disparate society; stratified society
giving something a try because it will not do any harm
strategic withdrawal; strategic retreat
as far as the eye can see
backbiting of a coward; grumblings of a loser; (lit.) the far-off bark of a retreating dog
to harbor suspicion; to harbour suspicion
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
(to be ashamed enough) to wish you could just disappear; wanting to sink into the ground in shame
child who has returned to Japan after living abroad; returnee child; (Japanese) person who lived abroad during (part of) their childhood
reduced drawing; miniature copy; microcosm; microcosmos
worn-out; run-down; shabby; tattered; dilapidated
draft; draught; cold air entering through the crack of a door or window; cooling off of a relationship; draft of cold air between two persons
to take to task; to take it out on
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
plentiful; abundant; definitely extant
setting a question (for an exam, quiz, etc.); setting a theme (for composition of poetry)
since one's birth; in one's whole life; all one's life
person killed in action; the war dead
testing; experiment; test; examination; exam; trial