weak constitution; ill health
invitation; introduction; temptation
to scatter away; to vanish
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
scholar of literature; literary person; man of letters; writer
meeting place; rendezvous (point); roll-call (assembly) point; appointed (designated) place
rendezvous; meeting; area where guests gather before the start of a tea ceremony; waiting room; (arch.) meeting place for assignations, drinking, etc.
rank (of troops); line; formation; array; procession
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
the people; citizens; the populace
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
order; sequence; procedure
red flag; Red Flag (Communist Party newspaper)
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to paint (draw) a picture
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
the way it was; the way it used be; as of old; in former times
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
final month of pregnancy; month in which childbirth is due
overcoat; exceeding; going over; exaggerated; over the top; over par
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
button (clothing); push-button
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
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)
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
to look around; to survey