white hair; grey hair; gray hair
narrow; thin (sized); slender
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
gentle; mild; meek; tender
good luck; fortune; happiness
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
all (there is); as long as there is
new student; freshman; first-year student
being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration
at first; initially; in the beginning
athletic meet (esp. at school); sports day
school festival; campus festival
extracurricular activities
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
performance (of a play, opera, etc.); staging; presentation
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
flap (of an aircraft wing)
engraver; carver; sculptor
plate (often as in "tectonic plate")
belief; faith; conviction
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage