primary school; elementary school; grade school
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
somehow; for some reason or other
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
dropping out of school; withdrawing from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
practice writing with a brush; study; learning
master; teacher; stable master
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
commuting to school; school commute
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
skillful tanka poet; official in charge of court poetry and music (ritsuryo period); poet
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to become (a state, condition, etc.)
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
lovely; cute; charming; sweet
undivided attention; concentration
practice; practising; training; study
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
to serve; to work for; to attend
counter for rules; rule; regulation
morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
shogunal vassal; direct retainer of a shogun
moat; fosse; canal; ditch