near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
second day of the month; two days
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
boarding; lodging; board and lodging; boarding house; lodging house; lodgings
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
vocational school; technical school
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
child prodigy; infant genius; wonder child
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
such; like that; that sort of; very
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
especially; above all; inter alia; among others
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
knowing; (an) acquaintance
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")