affectation; ostentation; vanity
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
bar; bolt (e.g. on door); double-arm lock; (rope) cinching
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
particularly; only; in the case of
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
to look down over; to look down on
haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
expulsion (of a pupil); excommunication; anathema
period of youth; while young
seal (used in lieu of a signature); stamp; chop
to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
entering an institution; beginning training; primer; manual; introduction (to)
license; permit; licence; certificate
going through thick and thin to attain one's objective; enduring unspeakable hardships for the sake of vengeance
penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism
to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
Suō (former province located in the southeast of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
training; practice; practising; cultivation
to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard
brocade; fine dress; fine clothes
ridge of earth between rice fields; ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel; footpath between rice fields; causeway
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
alone; by oneself; on one's own
in case of; at that time; at this time
inscription; epitaph; (manufacturer's) engraved signature; motto; maxim
to go along; to walk along; to follow
one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace