present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
government permission; official licence; official license; government permit
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
immediately; at once; instantly
expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
of course; certainly; naturally
self-consciousness; self-awareness
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
(one's) family; dependents; household; follower; retainer; underling
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
study of foreign languages; linguistics
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
rice and salt; the necessities of life
funds; capital; material; basis; character; qualities
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
lower part; foot; lower direction; left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)
to walk (a bicycle, scooter, etc.); to push; to wheel
what time; (lit.) which hour
honor; honour; credit; prestige
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be reverent; to be purified
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
energy; vigor; vigour; vitality
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
appearance; presence; attendance; surrender (e.g. to the police); turning oneself in
I regret to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
and (also); both ... and; as well as
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
literary and military arts; the pen and the sword
teacher; instructor; professor
everyone; each and every one (of you); ladies and gentlemen