speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
memory-making; making memories
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
to move forward; to move on
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
stoic; stoical; self-disciplined; abstemious; Stoic (philosopher)
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
the teaching profession; education of laity
that; the matter in question
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
wounded person; injured person
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
absentmindedly; vacantly; dully; to be unattractive; to be unsophisticated; to be unrefined
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
one's student (esp. a former one); one's pupil; one's disciple
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
while; during; while; although; all; both
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine