pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
earnestly; immediately; exactly
pet saying; favorite phrase (favorite); stock phrase; manner of talking
course; route; path; process; means
combination; union; binding; bond
wordly things; common customs; the world; the (common) people; secularity
harm; injury; evil (influence)
audience; attendance; hearers
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
March; third month of the lunar calendar
promotion (school, military, etc.)
results; record; grades; marks
soar (e.g. in price); jump; boom; sudden ride
remarkable; striking; brilliant; splendid; spectacular; wonderful
bright, clear and reverberate
high tide; high water; climax; high point
foresight; wisdom; sagacity
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
overarm stroke (type of traditional Japanese swimming style)
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
student in a higher grade; upperclassman
hostility; animosity; enmity
hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
gradually; by degrees; the sight of a tall soaring rock; crying; weeping
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
riches and honours (honors); wealth and rank
instructor; tutor (to a prince)
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses