to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
attendance; presence; appearance
senior; elder; person older than oneself
younger brother and sister
harmonious; peaceful; congenial; luxuriant (vegetation)
ōzeki (second highest rank in sumo)
together; mutually; fellow
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
elder statesman; doyen; old-timer; Genro (member of a pre-WWII body that informally advised the emperor)
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
financial world; business circles
(world of) politics; political world; political circles
white-eye family of birds (Zosteropidae); Japanese white-eye (Zosterops japonicus)
in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw
old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
Hakodate (city in Hokkaido)
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
Sapporo (city in Hokkaido)
cultivating new land; clearing; reclamation
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
to be visible to; to be seen by; to meet one's eyes
relation; connection; affinity
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
to teach; to take a teaching job