authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
period of poor employment opportunities; job drought; (lit.) employment ice age
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
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)
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
irregular employment; atypical employment
generation; the world; the age
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
training; drill; practice; discipline
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
qualitative difference; disparity; gap
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption
interest (on a loan, deposit, etc.)
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
chicken grunt (Parapristipoma trilineatum); threeline grunt
covered in blood; bloodstained; bloody; gory
forgery; falsification; fabrication; counterfeiting
beginning; outset; first; onset
government office; public office
to give up (a plan or idea); to desist from (doing)
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
due form; official; formality
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all
water; (drinking) water; night entertainment business; nightlife worker; racy; titillating
wet towel (supplied at table); hot, moistened hand towel
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure