thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
physical strength; muscle strength
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
to refuse; to reject; to deny
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
to go out and away; to leave
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
(having) bad marks or results (e.g. in school); of poor quality or workmanship
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
in that manner; like that
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
originally; by nature; from the start
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
to miss one's chance to say; to fail to mention
to look forward to something
indicate reason; infers some protest
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
mixed writing (kanji and kana)
hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
such; like that; that sort of; very
pre-war days; before the war
that is to say; so that means
Chinese poem; Chinese poetry
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
ordinary people; common folk; general masses; man in the street; populace at large
tone (of speech, writing, etc.); style
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
postwar period; period after Second World War
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)