to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
scientific calculator; scientific electronic calculator
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
cumulative total; accumulated total; total up to now
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
society; the world; the times
abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; No Smoking!; Smoking Prohibited!
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
(a) dose; (a) puff; (a) smoke; lull; short rest
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
one's student (esp. a former one); one's pupil; one's disciple
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
changing one's attitude; turning over a new leaf; getting a fresh start
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
school centred on preparing students to get into university; high-level school a person has entered
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
in the prefecture; prefectural
prominent; leading; foremost; distinguished
something worthy of comparison; something being compared
having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance
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)