high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
to be needed; to be wanted
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
study; diligence; discount; reduction
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
good bye; I'm off; see you later
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
woman; female; feminine gender
to extend from one year to the next; to go to the next year
study of foreign languages; linguistics
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
completely (quitting, etc.); entirely; thoroughly; cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
bank employee; bank staff member; bank clerk
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing
to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature
after a long time; for the first time in a while
tengu; long-nosed goblin; bragging; conceit; braggart
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old