ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
guess; speculation; supposition
guess; conjecture; supposition; inference
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
generation; lifetime; the age; the day; the first (e.g. Elizabeth I); issei
surplus-; excess-; over-; per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
testing; experiment; test; examination; exam; trial
present time; now; nowadays
our country; our land; one's own country
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism
family or person with samurai ancestors
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
life; living; I; me; student
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
together; mutually; fellow
antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation
the form and its shadow; things inseparable
mutually; reciprocally; together
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
look; appearance; spectacle; sight; observation meditation; outlook on ...
acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
capital; funds; seed money; asset