market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
first place; head position; leading position
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
fine-looking; beautiful; handsome; graceful; elegant
month-long period; (during) month
pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
becoming a monk; entering priesthood
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
to rise (suddenly) in the world (to a higher position)
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
for the first time in one's life
mortarboard; trencher; (square) academic cap formerly worn by Japanese university students
spirit; heart; disposition
young man in his prime; swaggerer; ruffian
star (cinema, sports, etc.); celebrity; star symbol; asterisk; (celestial) star
autumn moon; harvest moon
katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum); Japanese Judas tree
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
taking a commemorative photo
large intestine; large bowel; colon
to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
intestinal; inside the intestines
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
installment; instalment; premium; bill
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
school expenses; education fund
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
leisure time; idle moment