results; record; grades; marks
bravery; courage; heroism
Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
writing; composition; essay; sentence
skill; workmanship; dexterity; quality
to smoke; to smoulder; to smolder; to sputter
training (esp. in-service); induction course
adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing by ear; ad hoc approach
making use of; application; practical use; operation; handling; steering (esp. a boat)
lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
Gempei period (late 11th century-late 12th century CE)
to begin to speak; to begin to explain
lunchbox hanging from one's waist; low-paid office worker
main question; real issue at hand
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
rumour of a love affair; talk of a romance
many; numerous; various; large number of
senior high school; high school
central; main; just (done); freshly (baked); counter for consecutive losses
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
subsiding; falling (cave) in; collapse
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
impossible; unthinkable; unimaginable
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout