to look down on; to condescend
popular song; ballad; folk song; ditty
high; noble; refined; advanced
popular song; folk song; ditty; ballad
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
opportunity; chance; good time (to do); trend; tendency; momentum
frunk; front trunk (e.g. of a car)
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
harmonious; peaceful; happy; amicable; smooth; free from trouble
strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough
greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
armed forces; military; troops
stirring; rousing oneself
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
here and there; in places
memory; sense; experience
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
wildly enthusiastic; crazy (about something)
deep emotion; impression; inspiration
already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
colloquialism; colloquial language; slang
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
nature; natural constitution; innate disposition
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
pointing out; identification
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
complete change; about-face
to accept; to receive; to agree