to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
scholarly; scholastic; academic
meritorious deed; services
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period
quickly; calmly; intently
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
outcome (of a course of events); consequence; tendency; trend; drift
to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
sooner or later; in due time; in due course
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
excursion; outing; picnic
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
prediction; prophecy; prognostication
considerably; fairly; quite
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
complete works; complete collection; complete series
compilation (esp. dictionary, history, law code); editing
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
scoring combination of a 9 and a 1 in oicho-kabu
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
Geisteswissenschaften (i.e. the humanities, excluding the arts); mental science
preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence