(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
diploma; licence; license
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
small tatami room; extension of the main room of a home (in traditional palatial-style architecture); room smaller than four and a half tatami (in tea ceremony)
taste; liking; preference
worried look; concerned expression
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
(how) many times; (how) often
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
Chinese matrimony vine (Lycium chinense); Chinese wolfberry; goji
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
to intend; to be sure that
pupil; student; schoolchild
unexpectedly; surprisingly
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
to call; to invite; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to ride
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
study; diligence; discount; reduction
even if; even though; however; no matter how
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
perception; sensing; noticing
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
description; describing; depicting
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say