few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
pupil; student; schoolchild
bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
prefectural; managed by a prefectural government
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
decrease; reduction; decline
as; because; with; due to
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
current student; enrolled student
at that time; in those days
alone; unaided; away from home
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
entreaty; appeal; petition
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...