course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
girl's feeling; maiden's mind
precocity; early ripening; premature development
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
by nature; naturally; by birth; innately; congenitally
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
since then; from that time; ever since
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
to be encouraged by initial success; to get a taste for; to yearn for more
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
to touch (a person's) heart; to impress (a person)
to make someone fall forward; to do thoroughly
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
Tajima (former province located in the north of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
thank you for your trouble; unfortunately ...
himself; yourself; herself
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
reproachful; hateful; bitter
to solicit; to demand; to extort
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to lean coquettishly against; to snuggle into; to nestle into
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (e.g. boredom); to conceal (e.g. one's sorrow with a smile); to shift (the conversation)
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown